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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility for a manicurist license or a barber |
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technician/manicurist specialty license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1601.257(b) and (c), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An applicant for a manicurist license must: |
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(1) be at least 17 years of age; |
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(2) have completed the seventh grade or the equivalent |
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of the seventh grade; |
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(3) have completed a commission-approved training |
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program consisting of 100 [600] hours of instruction in manicuring; |
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and |
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(4) submit the required fee with the application. |
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(c) The department shall issue a manicurist license to an |
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applicant who: |
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(1) possesses the qualifications described by |
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Subsection (b); |
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(2) passes a practical [the appropriate] examination; |
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(3) pays the required license fee; and |
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(4) has not committed an act that is a ground for |
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denial of a license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1601.262(c), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An applicant who qualifies under Subsection (b)(3)(B) |
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must: |
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(1) be at least 17 years of age and have completed the |
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seventh grade or its equivalent; and |
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(2) have completed: |
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(A) 400 [900] hours of instruction in a barber |
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technician/manicurist curriculum in a commission-approved training |
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program, with 100 hours of instruction dedicated to manicuring; or |
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(B) 100 [600] hours of instruction in a manicure |
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curriculum and 300 hours of instruction in a barber technician |
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curriculum in a commission-approved training program. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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1601.257 and 1601.262, Occupations Code, apply only to an |
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application for a manicurist license or barber |
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technician/manicurist specialty license submitted on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application for a manicurist license |
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or barber technician/manicurist specialty license submitted before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the application was submitted, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |