Bill Text: TX HB2819 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to temporary licenses for insurance professionals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB2819 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2819-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2819 | ||
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| relating to temporary licenses for insurance professionals. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 4001.153, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 4001.153. APPLICATION FOR AND ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY | ||
| LICENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [ |
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| department shall issue a temporary license immediately on receipt | ||
| of a properly completed application executed by the applicant in | ||
| the form required by Section 4001.102 and accompanied by: | ||
| (1) the nonrefundable filing fee set by the | ||
| department; and | ||
| (2) a certificate signed by an officer or properly | ||
| authorized representative of an agent, insurer, or health | ||
| maintenance organization stating that: | ||
| (A) the applicant is being considered for | ||
| appointment by the agent, insurer, or health maintenance | ||
| organization as its full-time agent; | ||
| (B) the agent, insurer, or health maintenance | ||
| organization desires that the applicant be issued a temporary | ||
| license; and | ||
| (C) the applicant will complete training as | ||
| prescribed by Section 4001.160 under the agent's, insurer's, or | ||
| health maintenance organization's supervision. | ||
| (b) The department may deny a license application under this | ||
| subchapter if the department determines that any of the grounds | ||
| exist for license denial or disciplinary action under Section | ||
| 4005.101, Insurance Code, or Chapter 53, Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 4001.155, Insurance Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 4001.155. TERM OF TEMPORARY LICENSE. A temporary | ||
| license is valid for 180 [ |
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| SECTION 3. Section 4001.156(a), Insurance Code, is | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| an application for a temporary insurance agent's license submitted | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a | ||
| temporary insurance agent's license submitted before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately | ||
| before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2819 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 6, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2819 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
