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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6091
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4329
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE INSURANCE COMMISSION ER TO OFFER
ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSIONS OF EXAMINATIONS
ADMINISTERED TO CERT AIN LICENSEES IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 38a-702d of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(a) A resident individual applying for an insurance producer license 4
shall pass a written examination unless exempt under section 38a-5
702h. The examination shall (1) be given in English or Spanish at the 6
option of the individual, and (2) test the knowledge of the individual 7
concerning the lines of authority for which application is made, the 8
duties and responsibilities of an insurance producer and the insurance 9
laws and regulations of this state, except that no additional course or 10
examination shall be required for the line of variable life and variable 11
annuity products. Examinations required by this section shall be 12
developed and conducted under rules prescribed by the commissioner, 13
or regulations which the commissioner may adopt pursuant to section 14
38a-702p. 15
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Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 38a-769 of the general statutes is 16
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 17
October 1, 2019): 18
(c) Each applicant for a license shall furnish satisfactory evidence to 19
the commissioner that the applicant is a person of good moral 20
character and that the applicant is financially responsible. In order to 21
determine the trustworthiness and competency of an applicant the 22
commissioner shall subject the applicant to personal written 23
examination as to the applicant's competency to act as a licensee for 24
each line of insurance for which the applicant desires to be licensed. 25
The commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion, designate an 26
independent testing service to prepare and administer such 27
examination, provided any examination fees charged by such service 28
shall be paid by the applicant. The commissioner shall collect the 29
appropriate examination fee as specified in section 38a-11, which shall 30
entitle the applicant to take the examination for the license desired, 31
except that when a testing service is used, the testing service shall pay 32
such fee to the commissioner for each examination taken by an 33
applicant. In either case, each such examination shall be (1) as the 34
commissioner prescribes, (2) given in English or Spanish at the option 35
of the applicant, and [shall be] (3) of sufficient scope to test the 36
applicant's knowledge of insurance, the duties and responsibilities of a 37
licensee and the laws of this state applicable to insurance. The 38
commissioner may require a waiting period not exceeding six months, 39
before reexamining any applicant who has failed to pass any such 40
examination. 41
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 38a-702d(a)
Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 38a-769(c)
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Statement of Purpose:
To require the Insurance Commissioner to offer English and Spanish
language versions of examinations administered to certain applicants
for licenses from the commissioner.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ROSARIO, 128th Dist.
H.B. 6091