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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain cosmetology license holders to be |
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provisionally licensed as instructors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1603.2035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1603.2035. PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTOR LICENSE. (a) The |
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department shall issue a provisional license as an instructor to an |
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applicant who has completed at least three years of current |
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verifiable experience as a licensed operator. |
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(b) The department shall issue an instructors license to a |
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provisional license holder who has completed the required hours of |
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instruction in cosmetology in a commission-approved training |
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program under Section 1602.255. |
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(c) A provisional instructor license issued under this |
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section is valid for one year from the date the license is issued. A |
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provisional instructor license may be renewed not more than two |
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times. |
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(d) Not more than 50 percent of the instructors at a beauty |
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culture school or other place of business where cosmetology is |
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taught may hold a provisional instructor license under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |