Sec. 4102.054.  ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO NONRESIDENT.
(a)  The commissioner may issue a nonresident license to an applicant for a public insurance adjuster license who is not a permanent resident of this state on determining that the application meets the requirements of this chapter, the nonresident license application fee has been paid, and the applicant is an individual who:
(1)  is at least 18 years of age;
(2)  except as provided by Section 4102.058, has passed, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, an examination approved by the commissioner and of sufficient scope as prescribed by Section 4102.057;
(3)  is self-employed as a public insurance adjuster or associated with or employed by a public insurance adjusting firm or other public insurance adjuster;
(4)  is trustworthy and of a moral character that reasonably ensures that the applicant will conduct the business of a public insurance adjuster fairly and in good faith without detriment to the public;
(5)  has never been convicted of a felony or, if convicted of a felony, has received a full pardon from that conviction and is otherwise relieved from any disabilities connected with that conviction;
(6)  has sufficient experience or training relating to the assessment of:
(A)  real and personal property values; and
(B)  physical loss of or damage to real or personal property that may be the subject of insurance and claims under insurance;
(7)  is sufficiently informed as to the terms and effects of the types of insurance contracts that provide coverage on real and personal property;
(8)  possesses knowledge and experience adequate to enable the applicant to engage in the business of a public insurance adjuster fairly and without injury to the public or any member of the public with whom the applicant may have business as a public insurance adjuster;
(9)   files proof of financial responsibility in accordance with Section 4102.105; and
(10)  complies with any other requirements under applicable state law, including provision of a complete set of fingerprints on request, as provided by Section 4001.103.
(b)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 355 (H.B. 4030), Sec. 22(8), eff. September 1, 2021.
(c)  Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 355 (H.B. 4030), Sec. 22(8), eff. September 1, 2021.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.082(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 355 (H.B. 4030), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 355 (H.B. 4030), Sec. 22(8), eff. September 1, 2021.