Bill Text: TX SB569 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the examination requirements for an insurance adjuster license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB569-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 569 |
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relating to the examination requirements for an insurance adjuster | ||
license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 4101.056, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 4101.056. EXEMPTION FROM EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT. | ||
(a) An applicant for a license under this chapter is not required | ||
to pass an examination under Section 4101.054 to receive the | ||
license if the applicant: | ||
(1) had been principally engaged in the investigation, | ||
adjustment, or supervision of losses on August 27, 1973, and during | ||
the 90-day period preceding that date; | ||
(2) is applying for a renewal license under this | ||
chapter; | ||
(3) is licensed as an adjuster in another state with | ||
which a reciprocal agreement has been entered into by the | ||
commissioner; or | ||
(4) has completed a course in adjusting losses as | ||
prescribed and approved by the commissioner and it is certified, by | ||
a form signed by a person described by Subsection (b)(2), to the | ||
commissioner on completion of the course that the applicant has: | ||
(A) completed the course; and | ||
(B) passed an examination, in a manner described | ||
by Subsection (b)(2), testing the applicant's knowledge and | ||
qualification, as prescribed by the commissioner. | ||
(b) An applicant wishing to claim an exemption under | ||
Subsection (a)(4) must: | ||
(1) schedule the required examination; and | ||
(2) take the required examination in a testing | ||
environment that is controlled, supervised, and proctored by a | ||
disinterested third party approved by the commissioner to | ||
administer the examination [ |
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(c) In this section, "disinterested third party" means an | ||
individual who: | ||
(1) is not related to an applicant by consanguinity or | ||
affinity as a first cousin or within the third degree by | ||
consanguinity or affinity as described by Subchapter B, Chapter | ||
573, Government Code; and | ||
(2) is not an employee or a subordinate of the | ||
applicant. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
license application submitted on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A license application submitted before the effective | ||
date of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the | ||
application immediately before that date, 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, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 569 passed the Senate on | ||
March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 569 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |