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.