NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1320

SENATE BILL 811

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE INSURANCE AGENTS' AND ADJUSTERS' EXAMS TO REFLECT CURRENT INSURANCE LAWS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDY MATERIALS TO EXAM CANDIDATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 58-41.1(c) is rewritten to read:

"(c)       Each examination shall be as the Commissioner prescribes, shall be of sufficient scope to test the applicants' knowledge of:

(1)        the terms and provisions of the policies or contracts of insurance he proposes to effect; or

(2)        the types of claims or losses he proposes to adjust; and

(3)        the duties and responsibilities of such a license; and

(4)        the current laws of this State applicable to such a license."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 58-41.1(e) is amended by adding a new sentence to read:

"The Commissioner shall make or cause to be made available to all applicants, for a reasonable fee to offset the costs of production, materials that he deems necessary for the applicants' proper preparation for such exams. The Commissioner is hereby empowered to contract directly with publishers and other suppliers for the production of such preparatory materials, and contracts so let by the Commissioner shall not be subject to Article 3, Chapter 143 of the General Statutes."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.