Senate Bill 2530

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ESTABLISHMENTS TO HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS BEFORE DISPLAYING BARBER SIGNS OR ADVERTISING BARBERING SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 73-5-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT OF LICENSE RENEWAL FEES FOR BARBERS AT LEAST 80 YEARS OF AGE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 73-5-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

73-5-9. No person shall practice or attempt to practice barbering in the State of Mississippi without a certificate of registration as a registered barber issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

No person shall be a barber instructor in the State of Mississippi without a certificate of registration as a barber instructor issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

No establishment shall display a barber pole, barber sign or advertise barbering services unless it is licensed by the Board of Barber Examiners.

SECTION 2. Section 73-5-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

73-5-29. The fee for taking an examination as a registered barber shall be in the sum of not more than Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00), and the further sum of not more than Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate for the registered barber. The fee for taking an examination as a registered barber instructor shall be in the sum of not more than Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00), and the further sum of not more than Forty Dollars ($40.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate of registration for the registered barber instructor. A fee of not more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate of registration to a practicing barber of another state as authorized by Section 73-5-21. Likewise, an annual renewal fee payable on the anniversary date of the issuance of each certificate of registration as a registered barber of not more than Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the renewal of the certificate; an annual renewal fee payable on the anniversary date of the issuance of each certificate of registration as a registered barber instructor of not more than Forty Dollars ($40.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the renewal of the certificate; however, the renewal fee for a registered barber who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall be not more than Thirty Dollars ($30.00); no renewal fee shall be charged to register barbers at least eighty (80) years of age. A fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) for each year or any portion thereof in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of expired certificates of registration issued pursuant to this chapter. Additionally, in order to restore any certificate of registration issued under this chapter that has been expired for a period of five (5) years or longer, the holder thereof must retake and pass the appropriate examination. A penalty of Ten Dollars ($10.00) in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of certificates that have expired for a period of thirty (30) to sixty (60) days. A penalty of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to payment of all unpaid renewal fees in arrears and the regular renewal fee shall be required for the restoration of certificates that have been expired for a period greater than sixty (60) days.

The board may adopt and spread upon its minutes the rules and regulations for the issuance of a duplicate certificate for which a fee of not more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) may be charged. However, each duplicate certificate issued shall have stamped across its face the word "duplicate" and shall bear the number of the original certificate in lieu of which it is issued.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2007.