[Coco] New Texas IT Requirement

[KARL SEFCIK]

John, 
  I'm sure they were referring to businesses, not the
lowly Coco owner. But businesses  that repair
computers, like say the computers from Steven Grant
the SOB that decapitated his wife, may have had
pictures of that buried on his PC. And this way, the
computer technician wouldn't help cover something like
that up. 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2324220,00.asp
And I'm looking through the bill to fuind the
legaleze.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB02833F.htm
      SECTION 3.  Section 1702.102(a), Occupations
Code, is 
  	amended to read as follows:
  	       (a)  Unless the person holds a license as a
security services 
  	contractor, a person may not:
  	             (1)  act as an alarm systems company,
armored car 
  	company, courier company, guard company, [or] guard
dog company, 
  	locksmith company, or private security consultant
company;
........................................................
 	       (b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(1),
obtaining or 
  	furnishing information includes information
obtained or furnished 
  	through the review and analysis of, and the
investigation into the 
  	content of, computer-based data not available to
the public.

    Other than this, I looked at the bill lots of
times, and I didn't see anything that talked about
computer repaoir techs. A lot about Security
officercontractors  and armored car contractorws 
having to be licensed.  If you can find it, the loinkl
to the bill (with the HR in it)  is there.
-----Karl

--- John Donaldson <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Well, our great Texas Legislator really messed up
> this time. A bill was 
> drafted, passed, sign by the Governor and took
> effect on July 1, 2008. 
> This bill added a requirement for all IT persons now
> have to ahear to. 
> If you do any kind of analysis of the hard drive on
> a computer or repair 
> of a computer, you have to have a PI license. Yes,
> that is correct, a 
> Private Investigation License or you can end up in
> jail for a year and a 
> $4,000 fine. The company you work for can also be
> fined $10,000 for each 
> day that you work on a computer without the PI
> license. It seems the PI 
> Association wrote the law and no one read it prior
> to passing it on the 
> floor and sending it to the Governor for his
> signuture. It was designed 
> to plug a loop hole where CSI type people that work
> on cases where data 
> on the hard drive of a computer is evidence and the
> person searching it 
> was NOT a Licensed Investigator, thus was not
> qualified and have the 
> data on the hard drive thrown out. But they wrote it
> TOO broad and now 
> it covers anyone that works on a computer. Even the
> 12 year old next 
> door neighbor. LOL
> 
> So here in Texas if you work on computers, you half
> to have a PI 
> license. To obtain a PI license, you either have to
> take pass a Criminal 
> Investigate Course or serve as an apprientice to a
> Licensed PI for three 
> years. This means you can not work on any computer
> for a min of three 
> years. CIC course is a 4 year College Course.
> 
> If Rolan and Martin was still had their TV show, I
> am sure the Texas 
> Legislator would get the Whoope award.
> 
> 
> 
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