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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that an applicant for a cosmetologist |
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examination not owe tuition to a beauty culture school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1602.466 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1602.466. NOTIFICATION OF FINAL TUITION PAYMENT. Each |
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beauty culture school shall notify the department not later than |
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the fifth day after the date the school or program receives final |
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payment of all tuition that a student owes to the school. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1603.258 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1603.258. ELIGIBILITY FOR COSMETOLOGIST EXAMINATION. |
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An applicant is not eligible to take an examination for a license or |
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certificate under Chapter 1602 unless the department has received |
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notice from each beauty culture school from which the applicant |
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accrued hours that the applicant has paid all tuition owed to the |
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school. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1602.455(c), Occupations Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for a license or certificate filed with the Texas |
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Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after April 1, 2008. |
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An application filed before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the application was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. Not later than February 1, 2008, the Texas |
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Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement the changes made by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |