2011S0566-1 03/04/11
 
  By: Eiland H.B. No. 3458
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the registration with the Texas Department of Insurance
  of certain contract examiners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 401.107, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A person with whom another state contracts to perform
  any examination initiated by the other state of an insurer
  domiciled in this state shall register with and provide the
  following information to the department's chief examiner:
               (1)  the person's name;
               (2)  if the person is not an individual, the identity of
  each examiner or other person who will perform any part of the
  examination;
               (3)  the name of the state that contracted with the
  person;
               (4)  the identity of the insurer to be examined; [and]
               (5)  a description of each issue that the person has
  been contracted to examine;
               (6)  an estimate of the examination costs to be charged
  to the insurer to be examined;
               (7)  a copy of any contract between the person and the
  state regulatory body that initiated the examination and a letter
  authorizing the examination; and
               (8)  a list of the previous examinations conducted on
  the same insurer on behalf of any state within the last three years.
         (a-1)  On accepting a person's registration under Subsection
  (a), the department shall send written confirmation of the
  acceptance to:
               (1)  the person;
               (2)  the insurer to be examined; and
               (3)  the state regulatory body that initiated the
  examination.
         SECTION 2.  Section 751.052, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A person with whom another state contracts to perform
  any market analysis or examination initiated by the other state of
  an insurer domiciled in this state shall register with and provide
  the following information to the department's chief examiner:
               (1)  the person's name;
               (2)  if the person is not an individual, the identity of
  each examiner or other person who will perform any part of the
  market analysis or examination;
               (3)  the name of the state that contracted with the
  person;
               (4)  the identity of the insurer to be examined; [and]
               (5)  a description of each issue that the person has
  been contracted to examine;
               (6)  an estimate of the examination costs to be charged
  to the insurer to be examined;
               (7)  a copy of any contract between the person and the
  state regulatory body that initiated the examination and the letter
  authorizing the examination; and
               (8)  a list of the previous examinations conducted on
  the same insurer on behalf of any state within the last three years.
         (b-1)  On accepting a person's registration under Subsection
  (b), the department shall send written confirmation of the
  acceptance to:
               (1)  the person;
               (2)  the insurer to be examined; and
               (3)  the state regulatory body that initiated the
  examination.
         SECTION 3.  Section 4053.107, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  A person with whom another state contracts to perform
  any examination initiated by the other state of a managing general
  agent licensed under this chapter shall register with and provide
  the following information to the department's chief examiner:
               (1)  the person's name;
               (2)  if the person is not an individual, the identity of
  each examiner or other person who will perform any part of the
  examination;
               (3)  the name of the state that contracted with the
  person;
               (4)  the identity of the managing general agent to be
  examined; [and]
               (5)  a description of each issue that the person has
  been contracted to examine;
               (6)  an estimate of the examination costs to be charged
  to the managing general agent to be examined;
               (7)  a copy of any contract between the person and the
  state regulatory body that initiated the examination and the letter
  authorizing the examination; and
               (8)  a list of the previous examinations conducted on
  the same managing general agent on behalf of any state within the
  last three years.
         (d-1)  On accepting a person's registration under Subsection
  (d), the department shall send written confirmation of the
  acceptance to:
               (1)  the person;
               (2)  the managing general agent to be examined; and
               (3)  the state regulatory body that initiated the
  examination.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
  401.107, 751.052, and 4053.107, Insurance Code, apply only to an
  examination commencing on or after September 1, 2011. An
  examination commencing before September 1, 2011, is subject to the
  law in effect on the date the examination was commenced, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2011.