| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 2819 |
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| 1 | + | By: Smithee (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 2819 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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| 4 | + | Commerce; May 13, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to temporary licenses for insurance professionals. |
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| 6 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 4001.153, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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| 8 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 9 | 15 | | Sec. 4001.153. APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY |
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| 10 | 16 | | LICENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] |
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| 11 | 17 | | department shall issue a temporary license immediately on receipt |
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| 12 | 18 | | of a properly completed application executed by the applicant in |
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| 13 | 19 | | the form required by Section 4001.102 and accompanied by: |
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| 14 | 20 | | (1) the nonrefundable filing fee set by the |
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| 15 | 21 | | department; and |
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| 16 | 22 | | (2) a certificate signed by an officer or properly |
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| 17 | 23 | | authorized representative of an agent, insurer, or health |
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| 18 | 24 | | maintenance organization stating that: |
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| 19 | 25 | | (A) the applicant is being considered for |
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| 20 | 26 | | appointment by the agent, insurer, or health maintenance |
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| 21 | 27 | | organization as its full-time agent; |
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| 22 | 28 | | (B) the agent, insurer, or health maintenance |
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| 23 | 29 | | organization desires that the applicant be issued a temporary |
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| 24 | 30 | | license; and |
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| 25 | 31 | | (C) the applicant will complete training as |
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| 26 | 32 | | prescribed by Section 4001.160 under the agent's, insurer's, or |
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| 27 | 33 | | health maintenance organization's supervision. |
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| 28 | 34 | | (b) The department may deny a license application under this |
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| 29 | 35 | | subchapter if the department determines that any of the grounds |
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| 30 | 36 | | exist for license denial or disciplinary action under Section |
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| 31 | 37 | | 4005.101, Insurance Code, or Chapter 53, Occupations Code. |
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| 32 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Section 4001.155, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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| 33 | 39 | | read as follows: |
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| 34 | 40 | | Sec. 4001.155. TERM OF TEMPORARY LICENSE. A temporary |
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| 35 | 41 | | license is valid for 180 [90] days after the date of issuance. |
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| 36 | 42 | | SECTION 3. Section 4001.156(a), Insurance Code, is |
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| 37 | 43 | | repealed. |
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| 38 | 44 | | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 39 | 45 | | an application for a temporary insurance agent's license submitted |
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| 40 | 46 | | on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a |
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| 41 | 47 | | temporary insurance agent's license submitted before the effective |
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| 42 | 48 | | date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately |
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| 43 | 49 | | before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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| 44 | 50 | | purpose. |
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| 45 | 51 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 46 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 47 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2819 was passed by the House on April |
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| 49 | | - | 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 2 present, not |
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| 50 | | - | voting. |
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| 51 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 53 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 2819 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 54 | | - | 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 55 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 57 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 58 | | - | Date |
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| 59 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 60 | | - | Governor |
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| 52 | + | * * * * * |
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