Bill Text: TX HB3496 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to insurance adjuster license application procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-25 - Reported favorably as substituted [HB3496 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3496-Introduced.html
  88R13138 CJD-F
 
  By: Harris of Williamson H.B. No. 3496
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to insurance adjuster license application procedures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 4101.052, Insurance Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
  as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), an [An] applicant
  for a license under this chapter must submit to the department an
  application on a form prescribed and provided by the department,
  and include as part of or in connection with the application any
  information that the department reasonably requires, including
  information about the applicant's:
               (1)  identity;
               (2)  personal history;
               (3)  experience; and
               (4)  business record.
         (c)  For the purpose of Subsection (a), the commissioner
  shall allow an individual to apply for a license electronically
  using the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Uniform
  Application for Individual Adjuster or Apprentice
  License/Registration as it existed on May 1, 2023.
         (d)  The commissioner shall take any action necessary for
  this state to participate in and adopt the application procedures
  of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners National
  Insurance Producer Registry for the purpose of licensing and
  license renewal for independent adjusters.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2024, the
  commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules to implement Section
  4101.052(d), Insurance Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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