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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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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, [and] E, and G, Chapter 4054.
	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, [or] E, or G, Chapter 4054, as applicable;
	(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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