{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-015","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas; Texas Department of Insurance","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"Governor\u0027s suspension of March 23, 2020 under Gov\u0027t Code § 418.016","instrument":"Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0008-20","title":"COVID-19: Suspension of certain licensing requirements and fees","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"2021-09-20 (Bulletin B-0020-21, Ex. 022)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2021-09-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["all TDI-regulated carriers, agents, adjusters and licensees"],"clause":"On March 23, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott approved suspension of certain licensing requirements and fees for Texas-licensed insurance agents, adjusters, title agents, escrow officers, fire alarm licensees, fire extinguisher licensees, fire sprinkler licensees, life settlement brokers, and life settlement providers... The requirement that temporary agent licensees obtain training in a classroom setting is waived... The requirement to submit fingerprints for a temporary license is delayed until further notice.","enforcement":"Tex. Ins. Code title 13; chs. 82, 84","functions":["HR licensing, fingerprinting and classroom training of agents, adjusters, title and escrow personnel and fire-protection licensees","IN agencies"],"notes":"The fingerprint and classroom-training suspensions record that fingerprinting sites and classrooms were closed.","sourceUrl":"https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0008-20.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200408232055/https://www.tdi.texas.gov/bulletins/2020/B-0008-20.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":215090,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-015","citation":"Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner\u0027s Bulletin # B-0008-20 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-015)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-018","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-019"]}