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Amend CSSB 411 (House Committee Report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 1602.002, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 1602.002.  DEFINITION OF COSMETOLOGY.  In this chapter, 
"cosmetology" means the practice of performing or offering to 
perform for compensation any of the following services:
		(1)  treating a person's hair by:                                             
			(A)  providing any method of treatment as a 
primary service, including arranging, beautifying, bleaching, 
cleansing, coloring, cutting, dressing, dyeing, processing, 
shampooing, shaping, singeing, straightening, styling, tinting, or 
waving;
			(B)  providing a necessary service that is 
preparatory or ancillary to a service under Paragraph (A), 
including bobbing, clipping, cutting, or trimming; or
			(C)  cutting the person's hair as a separate and 
independent service for which a charge is directly or indirectly 
made separately from charges for any other service;
		(2)  weaving [or braiding] a person's hair;                  
		(3)  shampooing and conditioning a person's hair;                             
		(4)  servicing a person's wig or artificial hairpiece 
on a person's head or on a block after the initial retail sale and 
servicing in any manner listed in Subdivision (1);
		(5)  treating a person's mustache or beard by 
arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, or 
trimming;
		(6)  cleansing, stimulating, or massaging a person's 
scalp, face, neck, or arms:
			(A)  by hand or by using a device, apparatus, or 
appliance; and            
			(B)  with or without the use of any cosmetic 
preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, or cream;
		(7)  beautifying a person's face, neck, or arms using a 
cosmetic preparation, antiseptic, tonic, lotion, powder, oil, 
clay, cream, or appliance;
		(8)  administering facial treatments;                                         
		(9)  removing superfluous hair from a person's body 
using depilatories or mechanical tweezers;
		(10)  treating a person's nails by:                                           
			(A)  cutting, trimming, polishing, tinting, 
coloring, cleansing, or manicuring; or
			(B)  attaching false nails; or                                               
		(11)  massaging, cleansing, treating, or beautifying a 
person's hands or feet.