This revenue object is inactive. Please see the notes section for further information regarding the inactive status. Recently inactivated objects may remain active in USAS for a period of time to complete outstanding transactions or for other accounting purposes.

Issue Date:
Revised Date: 2022-07-14

Legal Citations

  • Occupations Code sec. 51.202, sec. 51.302, sec. 51.352, sec. 51.401, sec. 51.4011, sec. 51.407, sec. 51.408, ch. 1602, ch. 1603

Object Type

Cash — Business Regulation

Origin Date

1935 by the 44th Leg.

Description

Each person, school or shop before practicing cosmetology must be licensed at rates reasonable and necessary to administer, as set by the department for:

License Fees:

  1. Operator
  2. Manicurist/Esthetician Specialty License
  3. Instructor
  4. Beauty Shop
  5. Specialty Shop
  6. Private Beauty School
  7. Temporary Work Permit for Student
  8. Facialist Specialty License
  9. Temporary (60 day)
  10. Reciprocal
  11. Eyelash Extension
  12. Specialty Certificate
  13. Student Permits
  14. Duplicate License or Certificate
  15. Transcript
  16. Specialty Instructors
  17. Inactive, Temporary and Emergency License
  18. Application fee for license issued to an applicant who holds a license issued by another state.
  19. Mini-salons

Fees to renew expired licenses are between 1-1/2 to 2 times the normally required renewal fee.

Beginning 1-1-92, additional fee based on a percentage of each school's renewal fee due with the annual renewal fee. Additional fee collected for three years and deposited to GR Account - Private Beauty School Tuition Protection (No. 0108). On 1-1-95 or any subsequent year, fee may be collected dependent on the balance in the account, in order to maintain a $200,000 balance in account.

Administrative penalties not to exceed $5,000 per day per violation (collected under revenue object 3770). Civil penalties not to exceed $5,000 per day per violation (collected under revenue object 3717).

Due Date

Renewable every two years except beauty school, which is annual.

Note

Amended by S.B. 288, 68th Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 127, 69th Leg., R.S.

(1) H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S.

S.B. 3787, 72nd Leg., R.S. added additional fees charged to schools to maintain a balance of $200,000 in the Private Beauty Culture School Tuition Protection account.

(8) Added by S.B. 1094, 73rd Leg., R.S.

(8) amended by S.B. 1131, 75th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 1214, 77th Leg., R.S. increased administrative penalty from $1,000 to $5,000.

Shampoo apprentice permit added by H.B. 653, 78th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 3149, 79th Leg., R.S.

Duties transferred from Cosmetology Commission, Agency 505 to Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation by S.B. 411, 79th Leg., R.S.

Amended by H.B. 2106, 80th Leg., R.S.

(17) Added by H.B. 2310, 81st Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 1170, 82nd Leg., R.S.

(18) Added by H.B. 619, 83rd Leg., R.S.

(19) H.B. 2095, 83rd Leg., R.S. added license and inspection fees for mini-salons.

Inspection fees repealed by H.B. 2739, 85th Leg., R.S.

Shampoo apprentice permit repealed by S.B. 1503 and S.B. 2065, 85th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 1560, 87th Leg., R.S. repealed Occupations Code Ch. 1601 (Barbers) and Ch. 1602 (Cosmetology) and amended Ch. 1603 to apply to both barbers and cosmetologists. Therefore, separate barber and cosmetology subtitles inactivated and combined into new subtitle. GR Account 5081 - Barber School Tuition Protection repealed and deposit changed to new GR Account 5192 - Barbering and Cosmetology School Tuition Protection.

USAS Values

Appropriation Year 25
USAS Title PROFESSIONAL FEES
Receipt Category 03 – Business Regulation
Receipt Type 10 – Business/Professional Fees
Object Group 30 – Revenues
USAS Status A
Rev/Exp Category 01 – LICENSES, FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES