1. (a) Appointment of evaluation committee. The State Board of Insurance shall appoint an advisory committee for evaluation of testing services for administration of agents' qualifying examinations (the evaluation committee). Such committee shall consist of State Board of Insurance staff with responsibility in areas affected by the various licensing procedures as well as technical testing experts who have no direct or indirect relationship to potential vendors.
2. (b) Any vendor of testing services who wishes to be considered for selection by the board for administration of agents' qualifying examinations shall submit a qualifying proposal to the evaluation committee. In order to be considered, a vendor must submit the qualifying proposal in the manner and by the deadline set by the evaluation committee. In evaluating a qualifying proposal, the evaluation committee may request and utilize technical assistance from any source.
3. (c) Selection by the board of any testing services shall be in accordance with the Insurance Code, Article 21.01-1.

Source Note:The provisions of this §19.1101 adopted to be effective June 10, 1988, 13 TexReg 2613.