MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means; Appropriations
By: Representative Ladner
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-5-29,73-5-33 AND 73-5-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE EXAMINATION FEES, LICENSE FEES AND LICENSE RENEWAL FEES THAT THE STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS MAY CHARGE TO BARBERS, BARBER INSTRUCTORS, BARBERSHOPS AND BARBER SCHOOLS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. 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 * * * Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00), and the further sum of not more than * * * Sixty
Dollars ($60.00) 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 * * * Seventy-five
Dollars ($75.00), and the further sum of not more than * * * Seventy-five Dollars
($75.00) shall be required for the issuance of a certificate of
registration for the registered barber instructor. A fee of not more than * * * Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) 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 * * *Forty‑five Dollars ($45.00) Sixty Dollars ($60.00)
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 * * * Seventy-five Dollars
($75.00) shall be charged for the issuance of the renewal of the
certificate; however, the renewal fee for a registered barber and barber
instructor who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older shall be not more than * * * Fifty Dollars
($50.00). No renewal fee shall be charged for registered barbers and
barber instructors who are at least seventy-two (72) 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 2. Section 73-5-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-33. (1) The board
shall issue a license for each barbershop in operation in the State of Mississippi,
and the board shall prescribe the rules and regulations and circulate the
information necessary to obtain a license for the barbershop. A fee of not
more than * * * Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for each chair
manned by a registered barber located in the shop shall be required for the
issuance of the license, and the same fee shall be required for a renewal of
the license to the shop, the renewal due on the anniversary date of each year.
A fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to the regular
renewal fee shall be required for restoration of any license that has expired
for more than thirty (30) days. Any barbershop license having passed the
second year anniversary date, in delinquency, shall be required to have a new
shop inspection and shall hereafter pay an initial fee of not more than Forty-five
Dollars ($45.00) in addition to all other fees required for restoration.
(2) All barbershop owners
shall be responsible for employing only licensed barbers in the shop. Any
barbershop owner found by the Board of Barber Examiners to employ an unlicensed
barber or barbers shall be fined Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) payable into
the State General Fund, and shall be subject to closure until those violations are
corrected. For any later violation, the fine shall be One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00). Any barbershop operating within the State of Mississippi without
a license * * * shall be subjected to closing by a proper order of a court
of competent jurisdiction upon a proper showing that it has failed to comply
with the terms of this chapter.
(3) The board may assess against any barbershop owner found to employ an unlicensed barber or barbers any of the following costs that are expended by the board in the conduct of a proceeding for violation of subsection (2): court filing fees, court costs and the cost of serving process. Any monies collected by the board under this subsection (3) shall be deposited into the special fund operating account of the board.
(4) All new barbershops or change of ownership or location of barbershops shall hereafter pay an initial fee of not more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) in addition to all other fees required before beginning business. The fee shall not be transferable upon change of ownership or location.
(5) All licensees shall notify the State Board of Barber Examiners of the location of the barbershop at which they are employed.
(6) The board shall issue a citation of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to a barbershop for violation of any board rule on sanitation.
SECTION 3. Section 73-5-35, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-5-35. All barber schools
operated in this state shall pay an annual license fee of * * * One Hundred
Fifty Dollars ($150.00) and the same fee shall be required for renewal of
the license to each such school on July 1 of each year. A fee of not more than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) shall be required for restoration of an expired
license that has been expired for a period of at least thirty (30) days of the
renewal date.
The license to operate those schools shall be issued by the Board of Barber Examiners after approval by the board. This license shall not be transferable for any cause and must be renewed annually.
All barber schools operated in this state shall be under the direct supervision of a registered barber instructor at all times.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.