Bill Text: DE SB169 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Licensing Of Insurance Producers.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-17 - Signed by Governor [SB169 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2015-SB169-Draft.html
SPONSOR: |
Sen. Bushweller & Sen. Pettyjohn & Rep. B. Short & Rep. Osienski; |
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Sens. Cloutier, Ennis, Hocker, Lavelle, Lopez, Richardson, Simpson; Reps. Baumbach, Bolden, Briggs King, Carson, Gray, Lynn, Paradee, Potter, D. Short, Wilson |
DELAWARE STATE SENATE 148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
SENATE BILL NO. 169 |
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 18 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LICENSING OF INSURANCE PRODUCERS. |
Section 1. Amend §1706, Title 18 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§1706. Application for license.
(b)(1)
Each resident application shall further contain a statement of the
applicant's criminal history, which the applicant shall obtain from the
Delaware State Bureau of Identification pursuant to §8513(a)(2) of Title 11.
Each resident applicant and nonresident applicant that has declared Delaware to
be his or her home state shall also provide a federal criminal history report
from the Federal Bureau of Identification. Any person applying for a
resident license (whether license, whether a resident applicant
or a nonresident applicant that has declared Delaware to be his or her home state)
state, shall submit, to the State Bureau of Identification, his or
her name, Social Security number, age, race, sex, date of birth, height,
weight, hair and eye color, address of legal residence and such other
information as may be necessary to obtain fingerprints and other
necessary information to the State Bureau of Identification in order to obtain
all of the following:
a. a report A report of the person's
entire criminal history record from the State Bureau of Identification and
or a statement from the State Bureau of Identification that the State Bureau
of Identification Central Repository contains no such information relating to
that person.
b. a report A report of the person's
entire federal criminal history from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
pursuant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation appropriation of Title II of
Public Law 92-544 (42 U.S.C. §250a) (28 U.S.C. §534) or a statement
that the Federal Bureau of Investigation's records contain no such information
relating to that person.
(2) The State Bureau of Identification shall be
the intermediary for purposes of this section and the Department shall be the
screening point for the receipt of said federal criminal history reports
required by paragraph (b)(1)b. of this section. All information
obtained pursuant to this subsection shall be forwarded by the State Bureau of
Identification to the Department. All costs associated with obtaining the
criminal history reports required by this subsection shall be borne by the
applicant.
(3) The State Bureau of Identification shall forward all information obtained under this subsection to the Department.
(4) A person required to obtain criminal history reports under this subsection is responsible for any costs associated with obtaining the criminal history reports.
SYNOPSIS
Despite the enactment of Senate Bill No. 117 (148th General Assembly), 80 Del. Laws, c. 116, applicants for insurance producer licenses have continued to experience significant delays in receiving federal background checks. This Act further revises Delaware law to enable applicants to obtain both the Delaware and federal background reports directly from the State Bureau of Identification, significantly shortening the turnaround time for these reports. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the guidelines of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. |
Author: Senator Bushweller