Senate Bill No. 62
(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Minard, Snyder, Unger, Edgell and
Sharpe)
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[Introduced January 9, 2002; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section four, article twenty-seven,
chapter thirty of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to renewal of
licenses of barbers; and providing that continuing
education is not a requirement for renewal of a barber
license.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article twenty-seven, chapter thirty of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 27. BOARD OF BARBERS AND COSMETOLOGISTS.
§30-27-4. Renewal of license; fee; penalty for late renewal;
withdrawal from active practice.
Every (a) Any licensed barber, beautician or manicurist who
desires to continue in active practice or service shall,
annually upon or before the first day of January, renew his or
her license and pay an annual renewal fee of twenty-five
dollars. For any renewal which is more than thirty days late,
a penalty of five dollars shall be added to the regular renewal
fee, and an additional five dollar penalty for each successive
thirty-day period said the renewal fee is late, not to exceed a
total renewal fee of two hundred five dollars.
(b) Any license not renewed for three successive years shall
be deemed becomes inactive. and shall not be The holder of an
inactive license is not liable for additional renewal fees. but
may be reactivated by written request to the board and payment
of any accrued unpaid renewal fees, not to exceed a total
renewal fee of two hundred five dollars
Every (c) Any licensed barber, beautician or manicurist who
does not desire to continue in active practice chooses to become
inactive shall notify the board in writing and shall, during
such period, be listed by the board as being inactive, and shall
not be required to renew his or her license until such time as
he or she shall again become active, and during such inactive
period he or she shall not be liable for any renewal fees that
he or she has become inactive.
The board shall list a licensee as inactive upon receipt of a notice that the licensee has
become inactive or if a licensee fails to pay his or her license
renewal fees for three successive years. An inactive license
may be reactivated by written request of the licensee to the
board and payment of any accrued unpaid renewal fees, not to
exceed a total renewal fee of two hundred five dollars.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
a licensed barber is not required to obtain continuing education
in order to renew his or her license.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is clarify that barbers are
not required to take continuing education classes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.