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07-01-2008, 09:09 PM
Texas PC Repair Now Requires PI License
06.30.08
by Brian Heater (http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,1908,a=5985,00.asp)
From its Texas Rangers to its enthusiastic take on the death penalty, the Lone Star State has long been known for its aggressive stance on law enforcement. Thanks to a strange new law (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm), it's a sting that may soon be felt by a number of the state's computer-repair people.
A recently passed law requires that Texas (http://www.pcmag.com/topic/0,2944,t=Texas&s=1489,00.asp) computer-repair technicians have a private-investigator license, according to a story posted by a Dallas-Fort Worth CW affiliate (http://cw33.trb.com/news/kdaf-062608-computerspelpina,0,486476.story).
In order to obtain said license, technicians must receive a criminal justice degree or participate in a three-year apprenticeship. Those shops that refuse to participate will be forced to shut down. Violators of the new law can be hit with a $4,000 dollar fine and up to a year in jail, penalties that apply to customers who seek out their services.
Some of the area's larger companies already employee technicians with PI licenses, a fact which generally doesn't apply to small computer repair shops.
Originally published on Gearlog (http://www.gearlog.com/).
Editor's Note: This story has been updated on July 1 with a link to the law that serves as a source for this story.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2324220,00.asp
the law:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm
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Everything bigger in Texas, even the weirdness. The point is?
06.30.08
by Brian Heater (http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,1908,a=5985,00.asp)
From its Texas Rangers to its enthusiastic take on the death penalty, the Lone Star State has long been known for its aggressive stance on law enforcement. Thanks to a strange new law (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm), it's a sting that may soon be felt by a number of the state's computer-repair people.
A recently passed law requires that Texas (http://www.pcmag.com/topic/0,2944,t=Texas&s=1489,00.asp) computer-repair technicians have a private-investigator license, according to a story posted by a Dallas-Fort Worth CW affiliate (http://cw33.trb.com/news/kdaf-062608-computerspelpina,0,486476.story).
In order to obtain said license, technicians must receive a criminal justice degree or participate in a three-year apprenticeship. Those shops that refuse to participate will be forced to shut down. Violators of the new law can be hit with a $4,000 dollar fine and up to a year in jail, penalties that apply to customers who seek out their services.
Some of the area's larger companies already employee technicians with PI licenses, a fact which generally doesn't apply to small computer repair shops.
Originally published on Gearlog (http://www.gearlog.com/).
Editor's Note: This story has been updated on July 1 with a link to the law that serves as a source for this story.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2324220,00.asp
the law:
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm
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Everything bigger in Texas, even the weirdness. The point is?