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Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-015 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0008-20

COVID-19: Suspension of certain licensing requirements and fees

Commissioner of Insurance · Texas; Texas Department of Insurance (Sector regulator)

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Context, not an order

This record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.

The record

Jurisdiction
Texas; Texas Department of Insurance · Texas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Governor's suspension of March 23, 2020 under Gov't Code § 418.016
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24
End
2021-09-20 (Bulletin B-0020-21, Ex. 022) (read as 2021-09-20)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to Sept. 20, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • all TDI-regulated carriers, agents, adjusters and licensees
Functions reached
  • HR licensing, fingerprinting and classroom training of agents, adjusters, title and escrow personnel and fire-protection licensees
  • IN agencies
Character
context
Collection
State insurance and banking regulators AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING

Operative words

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

Notes

The fingerprint and classroom-training suspensions record that fingerprinting sites and classrooms were closed.

Retrieval note

Cite it as context and cite the underlying order, statute or emergency rule it describes as the instrument. (Bulletins whose operative text imposes a mandatory duty on licensees under the regulator's own authority are excluded from this downgrade and listed separately for review.)).