Bill Text: TX SB520 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB520 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB520-Comm_Sub.html
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 520 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2017; February 6, 2017, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; | ||
March 29, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, | ||
Nays 0; March 29, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4001.351, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4001.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies only | ||
to an applicant for a license as an agent under: | ||
(1) Subchapters B and E, Chapter 4051; and | ||
(2) Subchapters B, D, [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 4001.353(a), Insurance Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department may issue a provisional permit under this | ||
subchapter on receipt of: | ||
(1) a written application for a provisional permit; | ||
(2) a properly completed license application, | ||
nonrefundable fee, and each other item required for a license under | ||
this chapter and Subchapter B or E, Chapter 4051, or Subchapter B, | ||
D, [ |
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(3) the nonrefundable fee in an amount authorized by | ||
Subsection (c); and | ||
(4) a certificate signed by the appointing agent, | ||
insurer, or health maintenance organization stating that: | ||
(A) the applicant completed the training, if any, | ||
and passed the examination required for the issuance of the license | ||
for which the application is submitted; | ||
(B) the appointing agent, insurer, or health | ||
maintenance organization completed a background check on the | ||
applicant that shows that the applicant has not been convicted of: | ||
(i) a felony; or | ||
(ii) an act that requires the applicant to | ||
receive written consent under 18 U.S.C. Section 1033 to engage in | ||
the business of insurance; | ||
(C) the applicant has not responded | ||
affirmatively to any question on the license application that | ||
indicates the applicant has a criminal conviction or has been | ||
involved in an administrative action that may disqualify the | ||
applicant from receiving a license; and | ||
(D) the appointing agent, insurer, or health | ||
maintenance organization will supervise the work of the applicant. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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