Sec. 4056.051.  APPLICATION FOR NONRESIDENT AGENT LICENSE;  CRIMINAL HISTORY.  (a)  To apply for a license to act as a nonresident agent, a person who is not a resident of this state must submit to the department:
(1)  an application on a form prescribed by the department;  and
(2)  the nonrefundable license application fee.
(b)  An applicant who does not hold an insurance agent's license in the applicant's state of residence must, through the law enforcement agency of the state of residence, submit to the department a copy of the applicant's criminal history records.  The department shall use the criminal history records to determine the applicant's eligibility for issuance of a license in accordance with this title and other laws of this state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.