86R11606 PMO-F
By: Paul H.B. No. 3334
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to waiver of continuing education requirements for certain
insurance adjusters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 4101.060, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Section 4004.051, the department shall
waive any continuing education requirement imposed under this
chapter or Chapter 4004 for an adjuster who, during the license
period for which the continuing education is required, receives a
certificate of completion of a continuing education program issued
by a professional organization of adjusters if:
(1) the number of hours required to complete the
continuing education program is not less than the number of hours of
continuing education that an adjuster is required to complete
during the license period under Sections 4004.053 and 4004.054; and
(2) the content of the continuing education program
includes the content required under Section 4004.105.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2019, the
commissioner of insurance shall adopt the rules necessary to
implement Section 4101.060(d), Insurance Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) The change in law made by Section 4101.060(d), Insurance
Code, as added by this Act, applies to continuing education
requirements for an insurance adjuster's license period beginning
on or after January 1, 2020.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.