Amend CSSB 956 as follows:
      (1)  In Section 1A(9), Article 21.07, Insurance Code, as
amended by SECTION 1.10 of the bill (page 12, line 56, senate
committee printing), strike "licenses" and substitute "licenses.
However, the sub-agent must be properly licensed to write each type
of insurance that the sub-agent is employed to write"
      (2)  Strike Section 2(g)(1), Article 21.07, Insurance Code,
as amended by SECTION 1.11 of the bill (page 14, lines 6-14, senate
committee printing), and substitute the following:
            (1)  an errors and omissions policy insuring the
individual agent against errors and omissions in at least the sum
of $250,000 with a deductible of not more than 10 percent of the
face amount of the policy issued by an insurance company licensed
to do business in this state, or, if a policy cannot be obtained
from a company licensed to do business in this state, through a
properly obtained surplus lines policy; or
      (3)  Strike Section 4(b), Article 21.07-1, Insurance Code, as
added by SECTION 2.01 of the bill (page 23, line 62, through page
24, line 12, senate committee printing), and substitute the
following:
      (b)  This section applies to:
            (1)  a funeral prearrangement life insurance agent;
            (2)  an agent for an insurance company that writes only
job protection insurance;
            (3)  an agent for a stipulated premium company who
writes life insurance not to exceed $15,000 on any one life, except
that a license is not required under this section for an agent for
a stipulated premium company who wrote policies that generated, in
the aggregate, less than $20,000 in direct premium for the
preceding calendar year;
            (4)  an agent for a local mutual aid association, a
local mutual burial association, or a statewide mutual aid
association;
            (5)  an agent writing policies or riders to policies
that provide only:
                  (A)  lump-sum cash benefits in the event of
accidental death, death by accidental means, or dismemberment; or
                  (B)  ambulance expense benefits in the event of
accident or sickness;
            (6)  an agent writing prepaid legal services contracts
under Article 5.13-1 or Chapter 23 of this code;
            (7)  the marketing, offering for sale, or delivery of
credit insurance products for use by a person, regardless of
whether the person holds a specialty license issued by the
department under this code, who is:
                  (A)  a retail distributor of goods;
                  (B)  an automobile dealer;
                  (C)  a bank, state or federal savings and loan,
or state or federal credit union;
                  (D)  a finance company;
                  (E)  a production credit association; or
                  (F)  a retailer of manufactured housing,
including mobile homes; and
            (8)  an agent writing any other type of insurance
required by the commissioner to be licensed for the protection of
the insurance consumers of this state.
      (4)  Strike Section 6(a), Article 21.14, Insurance Code, as
added by SECTION 3.01 of the bill (page 25, lines 29-57, senate
committee printing), and substitute the following:
(a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a limited property and casualty
license is required for each person who desires to act as an agent
writing:
            (1)  insurance only on growing crops under Article
21.14-2 of this code;
            (2)  any form of insurance authorized under Chapter 16
of this code for a farm mutual insurance company, except that a
license is not required under this subsection for a person who
wrote policies that generated, in the aggregate, less than $50,000
in direct premium for the preceding calendar year;
            (3)  exclusively all forms of insurance authorized to
be solicited and written in this state that cover the ownership,
operation, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle that is designed
for use on the public highways, including a trailer or semitrailer,
and the motor vehicles' accessories or equipment;
            (4)  prepaid legal services contracts under Article
5.13-1 or Chapter 23 of this code;
            (5)  only industrial fire insurance policies covering
dwellings, household goods, and wearing apparel on a weekly,
monthly, or quarterly basis on a continuous premium payment plan
written for an insurance company whose business is devoted
exclusively to that business as described by Article 17.02 of this
code, except that a license is not required under this subsection
for a person who wrote industrial fire insurance policies that
generated, in the aggregate, less than $20,000 in direct premium
for the preceding calendar year;
            (6)  the marketing, offering for sale, or delivery of
credit insurance products for use by a person, regardless of
whether the person holds a specialty license issued by the
department under this code, who is:
                  (A)  a retail distributor of goods;
                  (B)  an automobile dealer;
                  (C)  a bank, state or federal savings and loan,
or state or federal credit union;
                  (D)  a finance company;
                  (E)  a production credit association; or
                  (F)  a retailer of manufactured housing,
including mobile homes; and
            (7)  any other type of insurance as required by the
commissioner for the protection of the insurance consumers of this
state.
      (5)  Strike SECTION 8.02(a) of the bill (page 50, lines
57-62, senate committee printing), and substitute the following:
      (a)  A person who, immediately before the effective date of
this Act, holds an agent license issued by the Texas Department of
Insurance and who obtained that license by passing a written
examination, whether administered by the insurance carrier,
company, or state testing contractor, is entitled to the
appropriate license as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 21,
Insurance Code, as amended by this Act, without further
examination.