By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 619
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2013;
  May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
  and Commerce; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the requirements for issuance of certain barbering and
  cosmetology licenses and certificates for applicants holding
  licenses issued by other states; imposing fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 1601.265, Occupations
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 1601.265.  WAIVER OF CERTAIN LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE 
  REQUIREMENTS; PERSONAL INTERVIEW.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1601.265, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (c) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The department shall issue a license or certificate to
  an applicant for a license or certificate issued under Section
  1601.253, 1601.256, 1601.258, or 1601.259 if the applicant:
               (1)  submits an application on a form prescribed by the
  department;
               (2)  pays the application fee; and
               (3)  provides proof that the applicant holds a current
  license to engage in the same or a similar activity issued by
  another jurisdiction that has license requirements substantially
  equivalent to those of this state.
         (a-1)  The department may waive any [license] requirement
  for a license or certificate issued under this chapter, other than a
  license or certificate listed in Subsection (a), for an applicant
  holding a license from another state or country that has license
  requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state.
         (c)  A license or certificate issued under Subsection (a)
  must be renewed as provided by Subchapter I.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter F, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1602.268 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1602.268.  WAIVER OF CERTAIN LICENSE REQUIREMENTS. (a)  
  The department shall issue a license to an applicant for a license
  issued under Section 1602.254 if the applicant:
               (1)  submits an application on a form prescribed by the
  department;
               (2)  pays the application fee; and
               (3)  provides proof that the applicant holds a current
  license to engage in the same or a similar activity issued by
  another state that has license requirements substantially
  equivalent to those of this state.
         (b)  The department may waive any requirement for a license
  or certificate issued under this chapter, other than a license
  listed in Subsection (a), for an applicant holding a license from
  another state that has license requirements substantially
  equivalent to those of this state.
         (c)  A license issued under Subsection (a) must be renewed as
  provided by Subchapter H.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for the issuance of a license or certificate under
  Chapters 1601 and 1602, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act,
  that is filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
  on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for the
  issuance of a license or certificate that is filed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the application was filed, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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