By: Paul (Senate Sponsor - Creighton)	H.B. No. 1197
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2017;
	April 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Business & Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [14th] day after the date the
	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.
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