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AN ACT
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relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 4001.351, Insurance Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 4001.351. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies |
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only to an applicant for a license as an agent under: |
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(1) Subchapters B and E, Chapter 4051; and |
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(2) Subchapters B, D, [and] E, and G, Chapter 4054. |
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SECTION 2. Section 4001.353(a), Insurance Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The department may issue a provisional permit under this |
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subchapter on receipt of: |
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(1) a written application for a provisional permit; |
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(2) a properly completed license application, |
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nonrefundable fee, and each other item required for a license under |
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this chapter and Subchapter B or E, Chapter 4051, or Subchapter B, |
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D, [or] E, or G, Chapter 4054, as applicable; |
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(3) the nonrefundable fee in an amount authorized by |
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Subsection (c); and |
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(4) a certificate signed by the appointing agent, |
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insurer, or health maintenance organization stating that: |
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(A) the applicant completed the training, if any, |
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and passed the examination required for the issuance of the license |
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for which the application is submitted; |
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(B) the appointing agent, insurer, or health |
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maintenance organization completed a background check on the |
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applicant that shows that the applicant has not been convicted of: |
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(i) a felony; or |
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(ii) an act that requires the applicant to |
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receive written consent under 18 U.S.C. Section 1033 to engage in |
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the business of insurance; |
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(C) the applicant has not responded |
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affirmatively to any question on the license application that |
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indicates the applicant has a criminal conviction or has been |
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involved in an administrative action that may disqualify the |
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applicant from receiving a license; and |
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(D) the appointing agent, insurer, or health |
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maintenance organization will supervise the work of the applicant. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1073 was passed by the House on March |
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15, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1073 was passed by the Senate on May |
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12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |