86R22653 KKR-F
By: Turner of Tarrant, Metcalf, et al. H.B. No. 2843
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2843:
By: Turner of Tarrant C.S.H.B. No. 2843
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the examinations required for a barbering or
cosmetology license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1603.252(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department may accept, approve, develop, or
contract for the examinations required by this chapter, including
the administration of the examinations.
SECTION 2. Section 1603.255, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1603.255. EARLY EXAMINATION. The department may
allow for the early written examination of a student who has
completed the following number of hours of instruction in a
department-approved training program:
(1) 1,000 hours for a student seeking a Class A barber
certificate [or operator license] in a private barber [or
cosmetology] school; [or]
(2) 900 hours for a student seeking a Class A barber
certificate [or operator license] in a publicly funded barber [or
cosmetology] school; or
(3) 1,000 hours, including 150 hours in sanitation and
safety, for a student seeking an operator license in a private
beauty culture school or a public secondary or postsecondary beauty
culture school.
SECTION 3. Section 1603.256(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The following persons may administer a practical
examination required under this subchapter:
(1) the department; [or]
(2) a person with whom the department contracts under
Section 1603.252;
(3) a barber school, private beauty culture school, or
public secondary or postsecondary beauty culture school that is
approved by the department to administer the examination under
Section 1603.252; or
(4) the Windham School District.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
1603.255, Occupations Code, apply only to a person who applies to
take an early examination for a barbering or cosmetology license on
or after the effective date of this Act. A person who applies to
take an early examination before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the person applies, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.