SESSION OF 2023
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 27
As Recommended by Senate Committee on
Financial Institutions and Insurance
Brief*
SB 27 would amend provisions in the Uniform Insurance
Agents Licensure Act and the Public Adjusters Licensing Act
to allow the Commissioner of Insurance (Commissioner) to
set fees in an amount lower than the maximum amount of the
fees established in law. The bill would also amend
fingerprinting criteria for resident agents.
Resident Agents and Non-resident Agents
Resident agents. Under current law, an applicant for a
resident agent license must pay a nonrefundable fee of $30
to the Commissioner. The bill would instead require each
applicant to pay the fee in an amount not to exceed $30. The
bill would require the Commissioner, no later than December
1, to annually set and publish the application fee for the next
calendar year in the Kansas Register.
The bill would also amend law permitting the
Commissioner to use information from an applicant’s
background check, fingerprinting, and criminal history for the
purpose of verifying identification and fitness of the applicant
to be issued a license to require, rather than allow, the
Commissioner to use this information in determining whether
a license should be issued.
Non-resident agents. Under current law, an applicant
for a non-resident agent license must pay a nonrefundable
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
http://www.kslegislature.org application fee of $30 and a biennial fee of $50. The bill
would instead require non-resident agents to pay the
respective fees in an amount not to exceed $30 and $50. The
bill would also require the Commissioner to annually set and
publish this application fee for the next calendar year.
Public Adjusters
Under current law, an applicant for public adjuster
licensure must pay an application fee of $100. The bill would
instead require the applicants to pay a fee in an amount not
to exceed $100. The bill would also require the Commissioner
to annually set and publish this application fee for the next
calendar year.
Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Financial Institutions and Insurance at the request of the
Kansas Insurance Department (Department). [Note: A
companion bill, HB 2090, has been introduced in the House.]
Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and
Insurance
In the Senate Committee hearing, a representative of
the Department provided proponent testimony, stating the
bill would grant the Commissioner the flexibility to lower
certain fees that are set in statute to an amount not to exceed
what is currently provided in statute. The representative
indicated the Commissioner would publish fees for the next
year, so that businesses would have time to plan budgets for
the next year.
No other testimony was provided.
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According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, the Department states the bill would
allow the Commissioner to increase and decrease fees
annually as deemed necessary to finance program operations
and, therefore, the Department cannot provide a fiscal effect.
Any fiscal effect associated with the bill is not reflected in The
FY 2024 Governor’s Budget Report.
Insurance; fees; Uniform Insurance Agents Licensure Act; Public Adjusters Licensing
Act; publication of fees
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