By Brimer                                             H.B. No. 1398
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an exemption from the examination requirement for
 1-3     certain risk managers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 6(b), Article 21.14-1, Insurance Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  The following persons are not required to take the
 1-8     examination as a prerequisite to obtaining a license under this
 1-9     article:
1-10                 (1)  a person who holds the designation Chartered
1-11     Property and Casualty Underwriter (C.P.C.U.) from the American
1-12     Institute for Chartered Property Casualty [Liability] Underwriters;
1-13                 (2)  a person who holds the designation Certified
1-14     Insurance Counselor (C.I.C.) from the national Society of Certified
1-15     Insurance Counselors; [or]
1-16                 (3)  a person who holds the designation of associate in
1-17     risk management (A.R.M.) from the Insurance Institute of America;
1-18     or
1-19                 (4)  a person who holds the designation of Certified
1-20     Risk Manager (C.R.M.) from Certified Risk Managers International.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-24     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-1     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.