By: Smithee (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1073
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2017;
April 6, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4001.351, Insurance Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 4001.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies
only to an applicant for a license as an agent under:
(1) Subchapters B and E, Chapter 4051; and
(2) Subchapters B, D, [and] E, and G, Chapter 4054.
SECTION 2. Section 4001.353(a), Insurance Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The department may issue a provisional permit under this
subchapter on receipt of:
(1) a written application for a provisional permit;
(2) a properly completed license application,
nonrefundable fee, and each other item required for a license under
this chapter and Subchapter B or E, Chapter 4051, or Subchapter B,
D, [or] E, or G, Chapter 4054, as applicable;
(3) the nonrefundable fee in an amount authorized by
Subsection (c); and
(4) a certificate signed by the appointing agent,
insurer, or health maintenance organization stating that:
(A) the applicant completed the training, if any,
and passed the examination required for the issuance of the license
for which the application is submitted;
(B) the appointing agent, insurer, or health
maintenance organization completed a background check on the
applicant that shows that the applicant has not been convicted of:
(i) a felony; or
(ii) an act that requires the applicant to
receive written consent under 18 U.S.C. Section 1033 to engage in
the business of insurance;
(C) the applicant has not responded
affirmatively to any question on the license application that
indicates the applicant has a criminal conviction or has been
involved in an administrative action that may disqualify the
applicant from receiving a license; and
(D) the appointing agent, insurer, or health
maintenance organization will supervise the work of the applicant.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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