{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4001.354","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 4001.354","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ACT AS AGENT UNDER PROVISIONAL PERMIT.","body":"(a) An applicant may proceed to act as an agent if:\n(1) a provisional permit is not received from the department before the eighth day after the date the application, nonrefundable fee, and other items required under Section 4001.353(a) are delivered or mailed to the department; and\n(2) the applicant or appointing agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization has not been notified that the application for the permit is incomplete or is or may be denied.\n(b) An applicant may act as an agent only for the appointing agent, insurer, or health maintenance organization except that an appointing insurer may include appointments for one or more affiliated insurers that are part of the same insurance holding company group.\nAdded by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 2145), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 13. REGULATION OF PROFESSIONALS","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 4001. AGENT LICENSING IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER H. PROVISIONAL PERMIT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4001.htm#4001.354","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"eca0bb229e3fb41b20c1754b9b4d776bd2c4ba6770a89cf522bebd8e22a7a872","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4001.353","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4001.355"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}