1. (a) With each application for original license or renewal, notice of appointment, or request for qualifying examination, the applicant or licensee shall submit the amount shown in this section. The fees for qualifying examinations and reexaminations only apply if the Texas Department of Insurance does not contract with a testing service for the provisions of these examinations.

2. (b) The amounts of fees are as follows:

   1. (1) General lines - life, accident, and health agent:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) additional appointment--$10;
      4. (D) qualifying examination--$50.

   2. (2) County mutual agent:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) additional appointment--$10.

   3. (3) Insurance adjuster:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) qualifying examination--$50.
   4. (4) Insurance adjuster (emergency license): original application--$20.

   5. (5) General lines - property and casualty agent:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) additional appointment--$10;
      4. (D) qualifying examination--$50;
      5. (E) emergency application for license issued under Insurance Code Article 21.14 §5--$50 (for original application with no additional charge for renewal).
   6. (6) Full-time home office salaried employee registration: original application--$50.

   7. (7) Insurance service representative:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) qualifying examination--$50;
      4. (D) appointment of a currently licensed insurance service representative--$10.

   8. (8) Managing general agent:

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) additional appointment--$10;
      4. (D) qualifying examination--$50;
      5. (E) emergency application for license issued under Insurance Code Article 21.07-3 §7--$50.

   9. (9) Limited lines agent (includes agents licensed under Insurance Code Articles 21.01-1 §4 and 21.14 §6):

      1. (A) original application--$50;
      2. (B) renewal--$50;
      3. (C) additional appointment--$10;
      4. (D) qualifying examination--$50.

   10. (10) Surplus lines agent:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$50;
       3. (C) qualifying examination--$50.

   11. (11) Specialty insurance agent:

       1. (A) original application--$50 (per license authority);
       2. (B) renewal--$50 (per license authority);
       3. (C) additional appointment--$10.

   12. (12) Title attorney:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$48.

   13. (13) Life insurance not exceeding $15,000:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$50;
       3. (C) additional appointment--$10.

   14. (14) Risk manager:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$50;
       3. (C) qualifying examination--$50.

   15. (15) Life and health insurance counselor:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$50;
       3. (C) qualifying examination--$50.

   16. (16) Funeral prearrangement life insurance agent:

       1. (A) original application--$50;
       2. (B) renewal--$50;
       3. (C) additional appointment--$10.

   17. (17) Reinsurance intermediary:

       1. (A) original application--$500;
       2. (B) renewal--$500.
   18. (18) Temporary license application--For license types authorized by Insurance Code Article 21.07 §3A to be issued on a temporary basis, $100 in addition to the original license application fee for each license type.

   19. (19) Utilization review agent:

       1. (A) original application--$2,150;
       2. (B) renewal--$545.
3. (c) The limited lines agent license is a single license type that is authorized under two Insurance Code articles. Persons licensed as limited lines agents may be appointed to sell or solicit any line authorized by Insurance Code Articles 21.07-1 §4 and/or 21.14 §6 without payment of additional license fees or examinations other than the necessary additional company appointment fees.
4. (d) A general lines agent appointed as subagent by another general lines agent is not a separate license type. All fees are the same for general lines agents appointed as subagents, as are fees for general lines agents appointed by insurance companies. Only general lines agents may appoint subagents and the subagent must be licensed as a general lines agent. General lines agents may simultaneously have multiple subagent and insurance company appointments.
5. (e) All fees are the same for both residents and nonresidents. Insurance Code Article 21.11 does not create an additional license type for nonresidents, but designates a procedure for licensing nonresidents under appropriate Texas license types.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.802 adopted to be effective March 11, 1992, 17 TexReg 1542; amended to be effective August 13, 1992, 17 TexReg 5362; amended to be effective April 26, 1998, 23 TexReg 3836; amended to be effective September 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 6754; amended to be effective September 26, 2002, 27 TexReg 8948.