TITLE: 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.

SUMMARY: 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.

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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.