Tex. Ins. Code § 4002.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
STANDARDS FOR EXAMINATION PASS RATES; ANNUAL REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to insurance agent license examinations for limited and single lines licenses, including agent licenses issued under:
(1) Subchapters C and I, Chapter 4051; and
(2) Subchapters C and G, Chapter 4054.
(b) The commissioner or, at the commissioner's discretion, a vendor under contract with the department, shall review a license examination subject to this section if, during any 12-month period beginning on September 1 of a year, that examination exhibits an overall pass rate of less than 70 percent for first-time examinees.
(c) The department shall collect demographic information, including, race, gender, and national origin, from an individual taking a license examination subject to this section.
(d) The department shall compile an annual report based on the review required under Subsection (b). The report must indicate whether there was any disparity in the pass rate based on demographic information.
(e) The commissioner by rule may establish procedures as necessary to:
(1) collect demographic information necessary to implement this section; and
(2) ensure that a review required under Subsection (b) is conducted and the resulting report is prepared.
(f) The commissioner shall deliver the report prepared under Subsection (d) to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 1 of each year.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 398 (H.B. 1757), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4002.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 0df4b8df5bd2e5963a8848c673dbe6fdd55e21eb797b18ec584168d41aeb3b2f
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.