| 1 | | - | By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1197 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | April 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Business & Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1197 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the training period for a temporary insurance agent's |
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| 12 | 6 | | license. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 4001.160(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (a) An agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization |
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| 17 | 11 | | that is considering appointment of a temporary license applicant as |
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| 18 | 12 | | its agent shall provide at least 40 hours of training to the |
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| 19 | 13 | | applicant not later than the 30th [14th] day after the date the |
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| 20 | 14 | | application, nonrefundable fee, and certificate are delivered or |
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| 21 | 15 | | mailed to the department. |
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| 22 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 4001.160(a), Insurance Code, as amended |
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| 23 | 17 | | by this Act, applies only with respect to an applicant for a |
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| 24 | 18 | | temporary license whose application is delivered or mailed to the |
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| 25 | 19 | | Texas Department of Insurance on or after the effective date of this |
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| 26 | 20 | | Act. With respect to an applicant whose application is delivered or |
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| 27 | 21 | | mailed before that date, an agent, insurer, or health maintenance |
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| 28 | 22 | | organization is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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| 29 | 23 | | before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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| 30 | 24 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 36 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 30 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1197 was passed by the House on March |
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| 33 | + | 15, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 34 | + | voting. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1197 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 38 | + | 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 41 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 42 | + | Date |
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| 43 | + | _____________________ |
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| 44 | + | Governor |
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