1-1 By: Mowery (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 551
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Business and Commerce; May 1, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the authority of a cosmetologist to treat a person's
1-9 mustache or beard.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 1602.002, Occupations Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 1602.002. DEFINITION OF COSMETOLOGY. In this chapter,
1-14 "cosmetology" means the practice of performing or offering to
1-15 perform for compensation any of the following services:
1-16 (1) treating a person's hair by:
1-17 (A) providing any method of treatment as a
1-18 primary service, including arranging, beautifying, bleaching,
1-19 cleansing, coloring, cutting, dressing, dyeing, processing,
1-20 shampooing, shaping, singeing, straightening, styling, tinting, or
1-21 waving;
1-22 (B) providing a necessary service that is
1-23 preparatory or ancillary to a service under Paragraph (A),
1-24 including bobbing, clipping, cutting, or trimming; or
1-25 (C) cutting the person's hair as a separate and
1-26 independent service for which a charge is directly or indirectly
1-27 made separately from charges for any other service;
1-28 (2) weaving or braiding a person's hair;
1-29 (3) shampooing and conditioning a person's hair;
1-30 (4) servicing a person's wig or artificial hairpiece
1-31 on a person's head or on a block after the initial retail sale and
1-32 servicing in any manner listed in Subdivision (1);
1-33 (5) treating a person's mustache or beard by
1-34 arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, or trimming;
1-35 (6) cleansing, stimulating, or massaging a person's
1-36 scalp, face, neck, or arms:
1-37 (A) by hand or by using a device, apparatus, or
1-38 appliance; and
1-39 (B) with or without the use of any cosmetic
1-40 preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream;
1-41 (7) [(6)] beautifying a person's face, neck, or arms
1-42 using a cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, powder,
1-43 oil, clay, cream, or appliance;
1-44 (8) [(7)] administering facial treatments;
1-45 (9) [(8)] removing superfluous hair from a person's
1-46 body using depilatories or mechanical tweezers;
1-47 (10) [(9)] treating a person's nails by:
1-48 (A) cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting,
1-49 coloring, cleansing, or manicuring; or
1-50 (B) attaching false nails; or
1-51 (11) [(10)] massaging, cleansing, treating, or
1-52 beautifying a person's hands or feet.
1-53 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-54 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-55 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-56 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-57 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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