LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
ASSEMBLY, No. 3414
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: MAY 16, 2024
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Regulates individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians. |
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Type of Impact: |
Annual State revenue and expenditure increases. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Department of Law and Public Safety. |
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Annual Fiscal Impact |
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State Cost Increase |
Indeterminate |
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State Revenue Increase |
Indeterminate |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) concludes that the new certification for employment as a shampoo technician will increase the number of individuals certified as shampoo technicians and, in turn, increase annual State revenues from certification and other fees by an indeterminate amount.
· Annual State costs will increase by an indeterminate amount from the additional administrative workload for the Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling in the Division of Consumer Affairs under the bill.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill establishes the regulation of individuals seeking employment as shampoo technicians and who are not otherwise pursuing a professional license issued by the New Jersey State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling. Specifically, the bill provides that an individual seeking employment as a shampoo technician is to complete a 40-hour program provided by a licensed school or public school vocational program or, for a reasonable fee, 40 hours of training provided by a licensed shop. Upon completion of a program or training, an individual is to sit for a practical examination that, pursuant to the bill, may be taken at a licensed school or a public school offering a vocational program to be a shampoo technician, or may be scheduled and administered by the board.
The bill directs the board to issue a certification, for a reasonable fee, to an individual to provide services as a shampoo technician once the board has received all required documentation. The certification is to be renewed on a biennial basis.
If an individual certified as a shampoo technician does not maintain certification and seeks reactivation, the individual is to submit an application and pay a reactivation fee, as determined by the board, if the reactivation is sought after a period of fewer than 10 years. If the reactivation is sought after 10 years or more, the individual is to re-take the certification examination and upon passage, submit an application and pay a reactivation fee.
Under the bill, the board is to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of the bill.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS concludes that the new certification for employment as a shampoo technician will increase the number of individuals certified as shampoo technicians and, in turn, increase annual State revenues from certification and other fees by an indeterminate amount. Currently, the Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling in the Division of Consumer Affairs has discretion in the setting of certification and other fees. In the absence of information on the fees that will be established by the board for the new certification, the OLS cannot project the magnitude of the associated annual State revenue gain.
Annual State costs will increase by an indeterminate amount from the additional administrative workload for the board under the bill.
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Section: |
Law and Public Safety |
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Analyst: |
Senior Counsel |
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Approved: |
Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer |
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).