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  86R10918 SOS-D
 
  By: Lucio S.B. No. 1714
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirement that an applicant for a reciprocal
  license, certificate, or permit to practice barbering or
  cosmetology pass an examination; authorizing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1603.204(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The person must:
               (1)  submit an application for the license,
  certificate, or permit to the department; [and]
               (2)  pay fees in an amount prescribed by the
  commission, including any applicable license, certificate, [or]
  permit, or examination fee; and
               (3)  pass the applicable examination required for
  issuance of the license, certificate, or permit.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2019, the Texas
  Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary
  to implement the changes in law made by this Act.
         (b)  Section 1603.204(b), Occupations Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to an application for the issuance of a
  license, certificate, or permit submitted to the Texas Department
  of Licensing and Regulation on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
  is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
  submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.