By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1653
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to licenses required for certain acts performed within the
1-2 practice of cosmetology.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 13, chapter 1036, Acts of
1-5 the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8451a,
1-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A person holding a specialty certificate may perform
1-8 only the practice of cosmetology as defined in Paragraph (E), (F),
1-9 or (G)<, or (H)> of Subdivision (3) of Section 1 of this Act.
1-10 SECTION 2. Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd Legislature,
1-11 Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-12 Statutes), is amended by adding Section 13B to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 13B. SHAMPOO-CONDITIONER SPECIALIST. (a) A person
1-14 holding a shampoo-conditioner license may perform only the practice
1-15 of cosmetology defined in Paragraph (H), Subdivision (3), Section 1
1-16 of this Act.
1-17 (b) An applicant for a shampoo-conditioner specialist
1-18 license must be at least 16 years of age and have completed the
1-19 seventh grade or its equivalent.
1-20 (c) The application must be made on a form prescribed by the
1-21 commission.
1-22 (d) The applicant is entitled to a shampoo-conditioner
1-23 specialist license if the applicant possesses the qualifications
2-1 enumerated in Subsection (b) of this section, pays a $35 license
2-2 fee, and has not committed an act that constitutes a ground for
2-3 denial of a license.
2-4 SECTION 3. Section 20A, Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd
2-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas
2-6 Civil Statutes), is amended by amending Subsection (c) and by
2-7 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
2-8 (c) The applicant is entitled to a booth rental license if
2-9 the applicant:
2-10 (1) pays the $45 license application fee <set by the
2-11 commission in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the costs
2-12 of administering the booth rental licensing program>;
2-13 (2) shows compliance with the rules and regulations of
2-14 the commission; and
2-15 (3) has not committed an act that constitutes a ground
2-16 for denial of a license <or certificate>.
2-17 (e) A person licensed under this section must submit to the
2-18 commission copies of the person's federal withholding taxes, social
2-19 security taxes, unemployment taxes, or any other self-employment
2-20 taxes.
2-21 SECTION 4. Section 34, Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd
2-22 Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas
2-23 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
2-24 Sec. 34. Renewal Fees. <(a)> Renewal fees under this Act
2-25 are:
3-1 (1) Operator or specialty license $35;
3-2 (2) Instructor license $50;
3-3 (3) Manicurist license $35;
3-4 (4) Private beauty school license $200 per year; <and>
3-5 (5) Beauty or specialty shop license $45; and
3-6 (6) Booth rental license $45.
3-7 <(b) The commission by rule shall establish the renewal fee
3-8 for a booth rental license.>
3-9 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-15 passage, and it is so enacted.