Sec. 4005.106.  APPLICATION FOR LICENSE AFTER CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS.  (a)  In addition to any other penalty imposed under this code, a person who the department determines has engaged in conduct described by this section may not obtain a license as an agent before the fifth anniversary of the date of the determination.
(b)  This section applies to a person who:
(1)  acts as an agent without holding a license under this code;
(2)  solicits an insurance contract or acts as an agent without having been appointed or designated by an authorized insurer, association, or organization to do so as provided by this code;
(3)  solicits an insurance contract or acts as an agent for a person, including an insurer, association, or organization, who is not authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state without holding a surplus lines agent license issued under Chapter 981;  or
(4)  as an officer or representative of an insurer, knowingly contracts with or appoints as an agent a person who does not hold a valid license.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.