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1		-	By: Smithee (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1073
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2017;
3		-	April 6, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Business & Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the
5		-	following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents.
12	6		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	7		SECTION 1. Section 4001.351, Insurance Code, is amended to
14	8		read as follows:
15	9		Sec. 4001.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies
16	10		only to an applicant for a license as an agent under:
17	11		(1) Subchapters B and E, Chapter 4051; and
18	12		(2) Subchapters B, D, [and] E, and G, Chapter 4054.
19	13		SECTION 2. Section 4001.353(a), Insurance Code, is amended
20	14		to read as follows:
21	15		(a) The department may issue a provisional permit under this
22	16		subchapter on receipt of:
23	17		(1) a written application for a provisional permit;
24	18		(2) a properly completed license application,
25	19		nonrefundable fee, and each other item required for a license under
26	20		this chapter and Subchapter B or E, Chapter 4051, or Subchapter B,
27	21		D, [or] E, or G, Chapter 4054, as applicable;
28	22		(3) the nonrefundable fee in an amount authorized by
29	23		Subsection (c); and
30	24		(4) a certificate signed by the appointing agent,
31	25		insurer, or health maintenance organization stating that:
32	26		(A) the applicant completed the training, if any,
33	27		and passed the examination required for the issuance of the license
34	28		for which the application is submitted;
35	29		(B) the appointing agent, insurer, or health
36	30		maintenance organization completed a background check on the
37	31		applicant that shows that the applicant has not been convicted of:
38	32		(i) a felony; or
39	33		(ii) an act that requires the applicant to
40	34		receive written consent under 18 U.S.C. Section 1033 to engage in
41	35		the business of insurance;
42	36		(C) the applicant has not responded
43	37		affirmatively to any question on the license application that
44	38		indicates the applicant has a criminal conviction or has been
45	39		involved in an administrative action that may disqualify the
46	40		applicant from receiving a license; and
47	41		(D) the appointing agent, insurer, or health
48	42		maintenance organization will supervise the work of the applicant.
49	43		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	44	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	45	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	46	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1073 was passed by the House on March
	47	+	15, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	48	+	voting.
	49	+	______________________________
	50	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	51	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1073 was passed by the Senate on May
	52	+	12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	53	+	______________________________
	54	+	Secretary of the Senate
	55	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	56	+	Date
	57	+	_____________________
	58	+	Governor