Appoint Yourself Engineer

[Shawn K. Quinn]

On 1/2/19 21:25, grarpamp wrote:
> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/yw798m/oregon-unconstitutionally-fined-a-man-dollar500-for-saying-i-am-an-engineer-federal-judge-rules
>
>  A federal district court has ruled that the state of Oregon
> illegally infringed on a man's First Amendment rights for fining him
> $500 because he wrote "I am an engineer" in a 2014 email to the
> state's Engineering Board.
[...]
> Jarlstrom had violated one of Oregon's "Title Laws," which states
> that "no persons may ... hold themselves out as an 'engineer'" unless
> they are an "individual who is registered in this state and holds a
> valid certificate to practice engineering in this state."

I think Texas has or had a similar law at least for locksmiths, which
are licensed by the same agency as security officers in this state.
However, I don't think Texas has been quite as draconian in enforcing it
though.

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