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AN ACT
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relating to the hours of instruction provided in barbering and |
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cosmetology schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1603.351, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may |
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adopt rules to: |
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(1) authorize a school licensed under this chapter, |
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Chapter 1601, or Chapter 1602 to account for any hours of |
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instruction completed under those chapters on the basis of clock |
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hours or credit hours; and |
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(2) establish standards for determining the |
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equivalency and conversion of clock hours to credit hours and |
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credit hours to clock hours. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2738 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |