H.B. 310
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 7, 2019
SESSION 2019 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40111-MH-50A
Short Title: Clarify Insurance Prod'r Crim. Bckgrd Check. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives McElraft, Setzer, Richardson, and Pierce (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO EXEMPT LIMITED LINE CREDIT INSURANCE PRODUCERS FROM
3 CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIREMENTS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 58-33-48 reads as rewritten:
6 "§ 58-33-48. Criminal history record checks.
7 (a) An applicant for an insurance producer license under this Article shall furnish the
8 Commissioner with a complete set of the applicant's fingerprints in a manner prescribed by the
9 Commissioner. The applicant's fingerprints shall be certified by an authorized law enforcement
10 officer. The fingerprints of every applicant shall be forwarded to the State Bureau of Investigation
11 for a search of the applicant's criminal history record file, if any. If warranted, the State Bureau
12 of Investigation shall forward a set of the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for
13 a national criminal history record check. An applicant shall pay the cost of the State and any
14 national criminal history record check of the applicant.
15 …
16 (c) This section does not apply to any of the following:
17 (1) a A person applying for renewal or continuation of a home state insurance
18 producer license or a nonresident insurance producer license.
19 (2) A person applying for a limited line credit insurance producer license."
20 SECTION 2. This act is effective October 1, 2019, and applies to applications for a
21 new limited line credit insurance producer license or a renewal or continuation of a limited line
22 credit insurance producer license received by the Commissioner of Insurance on or after that
23 date.
*DRH40111-MH-50A*