By: Whitmire S.B. No. 984

(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2007; March 7, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; April 12, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 12, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 984 By: Watson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation of barbers and cosmetologists at mobile locations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 1603, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1603.206 to read as follows:

Sec. 1603.206. MOBILE SHOPS. (a) In this section, "mobile shop" means a facility that is readily movable and where barbering, cosmetology, or both are practiced other than at a fixed location.

(b) A barbershop, beauty shop, or specialty shop licensed or permitted under this chapter, Chapter 1601, or Chapter 1602 may be a mobile shop.

(c) The commission may adopt rules to administer this section, including rules providing for:

(1) the licensing or permitting of a mobile shop;

(2) the fees for a mobile shop;

(3) the operation of a mobile shop;

(4) reporting requirements for a mobile shop; and

(5) the inspection of a mobile shop.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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