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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