| 1 | 1 | | By: Rinaldi H.B. No. 4081 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to eligibility for a barber instructor license. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Subchapter F, Section 1601.254(b), Occupations |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) To be eligible for a barber instructor license, an |
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| 12 | 12 | | applicant must: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) be at least 18 years of age; |
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| 14 | 14 | | (2) have a high school diploma or a high school |
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| 15 | 15 | | equivalency certificate; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (3) hold a current Class A barber certificate; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (4) have [completed]: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) completed a course consisting of 750 hours of |
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| 19 | 19 | | instruction in barber courses and methods of teaching in a barber |
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| 20 | 20 | | school; [or] |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) worked as a Class A barber for at least two |
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| 22 | 22 | | years immediately preceding an application; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) completed at least one year of work |
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| 24 | 24 | | experience as a licensed Class A barber and: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (i) have completed 500 hours of instruction |
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| 26 | 26 | | in barber courses and methods of teaching in a commission-approved |
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| 27 | 27 | | training program; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (ii) have completed 15 semester hours in |
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| 29 | 29 | | education courses from an accredited college or university within |
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| 30 | 30 | | the 10 years preceding the date of the application; or |
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| 31 | 31 | | (iii) have obtained a degree in education |
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| 32 | 32 | | from an accredited college or university; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) pass the required examination. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1601.254(b), Occupations Code, apply only to an application for a |
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| 36 | 36 | | license submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 37 | 37 | | application for a license submitted before that date is governed by |
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| 38 | 38 | | the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the |
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| 39 | 39 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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