By: Creighton  S.B. No. 520
         (In the Senate - Filed January 18, 2017; February 6, 2017,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  March 29, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; March 29, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to provisional permits for certain insurance agents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 4001.351, Insurance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 4001.351.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies only
  to an applicant for a license as an agent under:
               (1)  Subchapters B and E, Chapter 4051; and
               (2)  Subchapters B, D, [and] E, and G, Chapter 4054.
         SECTION 2.  Section 4001.353(a), Insurance Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The department may issue a provisional permit under this
  subchapter on receipt of:
               (1)  a written application for a provisional permit;
               (2)  a properly completed license application,
  nonrefundable fee, and each other item required for a license under
  this chapter and Subchapter B or E, Chapter 4051, or Subchapter B,
  D, [or] E, or G, Chapter 4054, as applicable;
               (3)  the nonrefundable fee in an amount authorized by
  Subsection (c); and
               (4)  a certificate signed by the appointing agent,
  insurer, or health maintenance organization stating that:
                     (A)  the applicant completed the training, if any,
  and passed the examination required for the issuance of the license
  for which the application is submitted;
                     (B)  the appointing agent, insurer, or health
  maintenance organization completed a background check on the
  applicant that shows that the applicant has not been convicted of:
                           (i)  a felony; or
                           (ii)  an act that requires the applicant to
  receive written consent under 18 U.S.C. Section 1033 to engage in
  the business of insurance;
                     (C)  the applicant has not responded
  affirmatively to any question on the license application that
  indicates the applicant has a criminal conviction or has been
  involved in an administrative action that may disqualify the
  applicant from receiving a license; and
                     (D)  the appointing agent, insurer, or health
  maintenance organization will supervise the work of the applicant.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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