By: Smithee (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1073          (In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2017;   April 6, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on   Business & Commerce; May 9, 2017, reported favorably by the   following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     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.     * * * * *