Bill Text: TX HB1197 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the training period for a temporary insurance agent's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Effective immediately [HB1197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1197-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1197 | ||
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| relating to the training period for a temporary insurance agent's | ||
| license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 4001.160(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) An agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization | ||
| that is considering appointment of a temporary license applicant as | ||
| its agent shall provide at least 40 hours of training to the | ||
| applicant not later than the 30th [ |
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| application, nonrefundable fee, and certificate are delivered or | ||
| mailed to the department. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 4001.160(a), Insurance Code, as amended | ||
| by this Act, applies only with respect to an applicant for a | ||
| temporary license whose application is delivered or mailed to the | ||
| Texas Department of Insurance on or after the effective date of this | ||
| Act. With respect to an applicant whose application is delivered or | ||
| mailed before that date, an agent, insurer, or health maintenance | ||
| organization is governed by the law as it existed immediately | ||
| before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1197 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 15, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1197 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
