MPM C.S.H.B. 551 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 551
By: Mowery
Public Health
3/4/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, licensed cosmetologists may not treat an individual's
mustache or beard unless they also hold a barber's license.  C.S.H.B. 551
authorizes cosmetologists to perform certain services on an individual's
beard or mustache. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 551 amends the Occupations Code to add to the definition of
"cosmetology" the practice of performing or offering to perform for
compensation the service of treating a person's mustache or beard by
arranging, beautifying, coloring, processing, styling, or trimming. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, of if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 551 differs from the original by removing shaving from the
activities that licensed cosmetologists are authorized to perform as a part
of treating a person's mustache or beard.