| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 4101.060, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | | - | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | | - | (d) Notwithstanding Section 4004.051, the department shall |
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| 15 | | - | waive any continuing education requirement imposed under this |
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| 16 | | - | chapter or Chapter 4004 for an adjuster who, during the license |
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| 17 | | - | period for which the continuing education is required, receives a |
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| 18 | | - | certificate of completion of a continuing education program issued |
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| 19 | | - | by a professional organization of adjusters if: |
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| 20 | | - | (1) the number of hours required to complete the |
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| 21 | | - | continuing education program is not less than the number of hours of |
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| 22 | | - | continuing education that an adjuster is required to complete |
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| 23 | | - | during the license period under Sections 4004.053 and 4004.054; and |
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| 24 | | - | (2) the content of the continuing education program |
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| 25 | | - | includes the content required under Section 4004.105. |
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| 26 | | - | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the |
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| 27 | | - | commissioner of insurance shall adopt the rules necessary to |
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| 28 | | - | implement Section 4101.060(d), Insurance Code, as added by this |
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| 29 | | - | Act. |
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| 30 | | - | (b) The change in law made by Section 4101.060(d), as added |
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| 31 | | - | by this Act, applies to continuing education requirements for an |
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| 32 | | - | insurance adjuster's license period beginning on or after January |
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| 33 | | - | 1, 2018. |
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| 34 | | - | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 9 | + | SECTION 3. Sec. 4101.060, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | + | read as follows: |
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| 11 | + | (c) The department may waive any continuing education |
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| 12 | + | requirement imposed under this chapter for |
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| 13 | + | ; |
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| 14 | + | (1) a nonresident adjuster who holds a valid license |
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| 15 | + | from another state if the state has continuing education |
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| 16 | + | requirements substantially equivalent to the requirements for a |
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| 17 | + | license issued under this chapter.; or |
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| 18 | + | (2) a resident or nonresident adjuster who holds a |
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| 19 | + | certification from a nationally recognized insurance claims |
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| 20 | + | association with at least 10,000 members and 5 years or more |
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| 21 | + | experience providing extensive adjuster educational and training |
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| 22 | + | services and determined by the commissioner to require, as a |
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| 23 | + | condition to maintenance of such certification, continuing |
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| 24 | + | education requirements equal to or exceeding the requirements of ยง |
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| 25 | + | 4101.059, Insurance Code. |
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| 26 | + | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | + | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | + | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | + | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | + | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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