MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Appropriations C; Appropriations A
By: Representatives Deweese, Read, Bennett, Creekmore IV, Currie, McGee, Scott, Turner, Young
AN ACT APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF SPECIAL FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY AND BARBERING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025..........................
............................................. $ 1,454,080.00.
SECTION 2. Of the funds approved for expenditure under the provisions of Section 1, the following positions are authorized:
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:
Permanent: 17
Time-Limited: 0
With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency’s responsibility to make certain that funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2026 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2025 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget by the Mississippi Legislature. The Legislature shall determine the agency’s personal services appropriation, which the State Personnel Board shall publish. The agency’s personal services appropriation may consist of restricted funds for approved vacancies for Fiscal Year 2025 that may be utilized to fill vacant Fiscal Year 2024 headcount. It shall be the agency's responsibility to ensure that the funds provided for vacancies are used to increase headcount and not for promotions, title changes, in-range salary adjustments or any other mechanism for increasing salaries for current employees. It is the Legislature’s intention that no employee salary falls below the minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel Board.
Additionally, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annualized payroll costs based on current employees. It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that actual personnel expenditures for Fiscal Year 2025 do not exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office. If the agency’s Fiscal Year 2025 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board except for new hires determined to be essential for the agency.
Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act. The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration. The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.
No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.
None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of the Internal Revenue Service’s Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
SECTION 3. The State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall not be authorized to expend any funds appropriated by this act after October 1, 2019, unless the board has adopted and implemented each of the following policies, which shall be conditions upon the receipt and expenditure of those funds:
(a) A policy that the board will not issue any licenses for the practice of wigology and will issue licenses and certifications only as provided under the cosmetology or barbering licensure law; and
(b) A policy that allows any person who holds a wig specialist license issued by the board before July 1, 2014, to continue his or her practice as it existed before July 1, 2014, and allows any person who holds a wig salon license issued by the board before July 1, 2014, to continue operating a wig salon under the statutory requirements as they existed before July 1, 2014, and provides that any such person will be eligible to receive a certificate of registration issued by the board.
SECTION 4. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:
FY2025
Performance Measures Target
Examination & Licensure
Number of Barber Examinations 425
Average Cost per Barber & Instructor License 55.00
Number of Cosmetology Examinations 1,500
Cost Per Cosmetology Licensing Examination 290.00
Number of School Permits 75
Cost Per School License 100.00
Number of Working Days Between
Examination & Distribution of Results 1
Percentage of Candidates that Passed the
Exam 85.00
Average Number of Workdays to Issue License 14
Average Number of Workdays to Issue Permit 3
Regulation
Number of Inspections Conducted (Annually) 2,879
Number of Formal Complaints Received
(Annually) 11
Number of Disciplinary Actions Taken 10
Average Number of Days to Resolve Valid
Complaints 30
Percentage of Documented Complaints
Resolved Within Six Months 95.00
Percentage of Deficiencies Noted During
Inspections are Addressed Within the
Allotted Timeframe 90.00
A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2026.
SECTION 5. It is the intention of this legislation to provide the funds for the board to meet when necessary, but under no circumstances shall it meet more than sixty-two (62) days a year.
SECTION 6. It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2024. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2026 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2025 budget request process.
SECTION 7. It is the intention of the Legislature that until the board members of the State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering are appointed and executive director is hired:
(1) A Twenty-five percent (25%) share of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act is provided for the expenses associated with the former State Board of Barbering; and
(2) A Seventy-five percent (75%) share of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act is provided for the expenses associated with the former State Board of Cosmetology.
SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference. A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.
SECTION 9. It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds herein appropriated shall be expended in compliance with Section 27-104-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, that no state agency shall incur obligations or indebtedness in excess of their appropriation and that the responsible officers, either personally or upon their official bonds, shall be held responsible for actions contrary to this provision.
SECTION 10. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.