SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 5115

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

              Commerce & Labor, February 11, 1997

Title:  An act relating to renewal of salon/shop or booth renter's licenses.

Brief Description:  Revising renewal requirements for salon/shop or booth renter's licenses.

Sponsors:  Senator Oke.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Commerce & Labor:  1/28/97, 2/11/97 [DPS].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE & LABOR

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5115 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

  Signed by Senators Schow, Chair; Horn, Vice Chair; Anderson, Franklin, Fraser, Heavey and Newhouse.

Staff:  Aurora Almeda (786-7488)

Background:  Current law requires a salon/shop, booth renter, personal service operator, or mobile operator to renew his or her license each year.  The fee for annual renewal of such a license is $50.  Failure to renew a license before the expiration subjects the licensee to a penalty fee of $50 plus a renewal fee of $50 for each year lapsed.  If a licensee does not renew his or her license for four years, the licensee must submit an application, pay an application fee of $50, and take the applicable examination(s) before reinstatement of his or her license.  Concern has been expressed by those in the industry regarding the policy pertaining to the lapsing of a license.

Summary of Substitute Bill:   A salon/shop, booth renter, personal service operator, or mobile operator  who does not operate a salon, rent a booth, or operate a personal service or mobile operator business any time after his or her license expires is not required to pay past years= renewal and penalty fees.  Such an individual is required to pay only the renewal fee upon resuming practice.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:  Personal service operators and mobile operators are added to the class of licensees exempt from renewal and penalty fees.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Requested on January 27, 1997.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.