H.B. No. 1201




AN ACT

relating to the appointment of certain temporary insurance agents.            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 4001.162, Insurance Code, as effective 
April 1, 2005, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 4001.162.  RESTRICTION ON APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY 
LICENSE HOLDERS.  An agent, insurer, or health maintenance 
organization may not appoint more than 500 [250] temporary license 
holders during a calendar year.
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1201 was passed by the House on April 
7, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1201 was passed by the Senate on May 
10, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor