Bill Text: TX HB3278 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements for barber schools and private beauty culture schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3278 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3278-Introduced.html
85R12503 JCG-F | ||
By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 3278 |
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relating to certain requirements for barber schools and private | ||
beauty culture schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1601.353, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1601.353. REQUIRED FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. The | ||
department may approve an application for a permit for a barber | ||
school if the school meets the health and safety standards | ||
established by the commission. The commission may not establish | ||
building or facility standards that are not related to health and | ||
safety, including a requirement that a facility have a specific: | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 1602.303, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) An application for a private beauty culture school | ||
license must be accompanied by the required license fee and | ||
inspection fee and: | ||
(1) be on a form prescribed by the department; | ||
(2) be verified by the applicant; and | ||
(3) contain a statement that the building meets the | ||
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(c) The applicant is entitled to a private beauty culture | ||
school license if: | ||
(1) the department determines that the applicant is | ||
financially sound and capable of fulfilling the school's | ||
commitments for training; | ||
(2) the applicant's facilities meet the health and | ||
safety standards established by the commission and pass an | ||
inspection conducted by the department under Section 1603.103; and | ||
(3) the applicant has not committed an act that | ||
constitutes a ground for denial of a license. | ||
(d) The commission may not establish building or facility | ||
standards that are not related to health and safety, including a | ||
requirement that a facility have a specific: | ||
(1) square footage of floor space; | ||
(2) number of chairs; or | ||
(3) number of sinks. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall | ||
adopt rules to implement Sections 1601.353 and 1602.303, | ||
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |