**OFFICE OF**  **THE AVORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

**!?onorable Girard**  **Xlaa.1, -upenloor**  Ageat8' **tioeorer ?i**  **re Ianunno8**  **Departma** t Board oi Inruranor Commlsrioaerr Au8tla. Texar
Dear Slrr

I) the above rtated **rtasat,**
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n rfrort to **jurtly 8arOrO8**  th8 **27 LnU,**  **Art. 4758**  **(A8 UOnd8d,** 

p* 713, ah. **307,** 900. 1)

e a companymayaaoept buslao lo **Tesar** 

### rr0i2an agent, it mu8t rile r0m1 aotloe or appointmat in favor of th8 agoat. Tho l p- 

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g8nt may, lo turn, l p f”lat rollolton whoautonatloallp, upon recolr ry their 1100n80, hare authority to 

### repnsrnt and produoo **burlnrrr ror**  **@tory** 

### corpeny reprosontod **br** the 8ponrorlag reoordlng agenay. In other wor68, a sollaltor to M properly liC8Il8.d and authorl%ed to produo@Hoaorablo Girard **Xlnaey, Tad0**  **E**

**bWfa444 iOr**  **411 Of**  **the r4OOrdiag**  **4gWICy ’** **S OOUI**  panle18aredr only **to** have a for6al **notlae** or appolatment fll84 la hlr behalf by one of tha oompanlos reproarntrd in the agenay. Yhir plaoos **nur44roU8 ooapaler**  la th8 **QO8itiOa** or **aaoeptlag bU8ia848**  ladlreotly rrom 8ollaltor8 whom they hare not torally apwlatrd but who80 authority to **8OliOit for**  **ther** he8 brsa granted 

### by the reaordlng agent, who la a duly **apyalatsd** agent tor tlla ocxiqmay.
Vhr Kacear agenay **natup,** on the other hand, 18 l8 **OUtliaId** below:

*Any rorslga or **Out-Of-8t4t4 coa**  pay d8Sirilrd t0 4OCOptbU8iM8S irCiB an agent in Kansasaust rormally 

### ap point that agoat and pay a $2 re8 ror tho llcen8lag thereor. fa Eansas only on0 typo or llaona~ 18 i48Wd; that la, a psrooawhore **dUti48** would plaobhim la the category or a solicitor la Texar 1s llosnlred**48 an**  **agent** in Kunras.
“our lnroroiatlo~cOnasralng requirenaatr **Uad4r th8**  **:ilAIl848 .C,tatUt44**  18 baaed Oil8tPtOmtltl made by rarlow Trxar a0qmay representatirrrwho hate explainrd indata11 regulations by which theymmt abide upon 8nt5rlaE into the insurance buslaees in icsn8ao.
*k:ooontaad that iaasmuoh a8 a Texas oompaay 688lrlne to **do**

### buein88s in Kansas la r8- qulred to a,;;lyror a Ilce~ee ror every lndlrldus1 imoE;

whom it 6XgeOt8 to reaelve business and **mat** pay 

### a $2 tee tharoror **aod**who is prohibited rroikacoaptlnE businors rr0; any individualwhen &h;teaot licensed and forwhom it haa not paid
Art. 475Ethiv departsent 18 oorroatly applying

(keazesdsd, Acts, 1925, 44th Leg., p. 713, ah. t07, i'ao.1) 

### laaaa*rslag alallar oraotloas agSln8t xaaras Companleo ror all ladlviduals in this state T&IOhold authority to produoo **buein8aS** ror **said** Kansas **oo~~paiss.~**
**Artiole** 4758, Vernon's Clvll Statutes, as =ended, reads as rOiiOW8:

Vhenever, b- any 1-3~: la for08 without this **Stats,** an iaauracoe oorpccatioa, fraternal beamrioiary 8oolaty or roolprooal 

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0rHonorable Clrard 

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thlr State or agent thereof la roqulrad’to aako 

### any deposit of 8oourltlos thereunder ror the protootioa Or ~~lOyhOldor8 or othorwl8., or tomake payzioatr0r tax.8, flao8, penalt1os, oertfrloater of authority, raluatloa or pollo1o8, 11oon80 fO48, or othorwl80, or 

### any rpeolal burden 18 irmpored,UrofitOrthan 1s r’rqUiSOdb7 tha lan8 0r thlr state ror siaUar rorrlgn oorporatloae or their l goat8,

thr lnsuranoo ooffipBnlo8, rraternal beaerlalrrryeoalstlrrand reclprooal l xohango8 0r such States 

### or gororuamt6 ahall beand they--areheElby roqulrrd as a aondltloa proardent to their tranaaotla..~ **buslaon8** 

### inthis State, to **aako** a like deposit ior like purpose6 with the Ctato Trearurer of th18 Sate, 

### and to **pay TV**  the Coc!d8SlOnar& **Ineuraaco iOr**  **taxes,** fln.8, penaltier, oert1rloatos 0r authority, valuation ot pollairs, llaearr~feet and otherwire a rate oquai to such Oharge8 and paymats imposed by the laws Of suah othor State upon almllar aorp3ratloas of this State an6 the acents theroor. hay aorporstlon **reruslag** ror thirty (30)day8 to **take** payment or such rO08 Or taxoa as abzioro

ror,ulrodshall hate its oertlfloate ot authority revoked by the Conunlaaloner of Insuranoo; provided, thnt lasuranae aorporetloas oreanlted **UUd8r** the laws or any State 

### or country, other than these United Staten shall, a9 to the ~OV181OJl8 Or tr.ie AOt, be oonslderod OOQoB?Ltloas of that State whorein their general daposlt ror the benetlt or their polloyhholdors1s made.') Artlclo 6056, Vernon*8 Clvll **Statutes,** provldos in ottoot that sap personwho oollolts **laoure.-.oe** on behalf of any Fnaurcrros ooapany iu an agent oi t.hecoepany.

:;o**quote** from Texas Jurlsprudeoos, Vol. 24, p, Hoe, 40 r0u0w5:

*The **statute8** also provide that an agent rhall procure a license or a oert1rloats from. the laeuranoe oomlsaloaer, rsgardlo~s of the extent of ble authority, and whether the OOP paay be foreign or dom8stlO. It is not aeoeaaary, howenor',to obtain a liaenso for oaoh ladltldual oonipaay whloh the agent roimseats:EonorablrClrard .Unney, P3c-r4

Clanorallyspeaking, nature, provide In 0mct thatstatutes 0r 8 retaliatory rOreigA corporationa ahall be subject to the na.nerestrictlone,burdens, panaltIe8, rto.)as am laposadby the state of their oreatlon **upon** aorporatlonsof the state enacting the statute.

Artlola 40-2f.Oof the Yansas Inwmnoo Law regardlng license for agente, reads aa rollma:

“Anyperson drrlring asan scent to anp.age In the InauranoobuaIn&s, aa hsrefn ret out, shall rlrst apply to the Commissioner or InauraAce Of this rtate, IA the mAner h8reiAafter presorlbed, for an Insurance agentle license, authorizing such acent to engega In and transact such business. Tha applicant ror such licenso shall tilevdth the Commissioner or **Insur** anoe hle c^rher mitten application for license authorizinghim or har to mAgage IA the Insurance buslnees; and tha applicant ahall ;aake morn amwera to such interrogatories as the Conmlsslcneror Insurance nay require on uniform rorm aad nuppleaents. preparedby hI!a. Such applicants shall be vouched ror by an orflclal or rapres::ntatlveof the Insurance ompanp by whom such rerson is authorized to negotiate or l rrect contracts of Imiurance, eurstyship or Indemnity orby a **licensed** Insurance aeent or mch Insuranoa mnpany residing in this **sthte,** setting forth: (a) That the applicant I8 yersonelly I-nom to hLm. lb)That the applioant har had experlenca or instruction, orwill be FIran Im~edlata iAdd'UCti@A IA Insurance. (C) That theapplicant Is of eocd buslneaa ra-utation an& isworthy of the license.W
Cnder the ‘16xe statutes, every Fe;-son Soliciting Ineumnce aa a usolIcitor~ ror coarensatlcn fcr a duly licensed recording aeent of en insurance co3penynust have a liC.ASe. &lal-.ever, if hla cnployer Is **the** acent far 3ore than one Insurance cxpsny, the *aolicItorw isnot required to have a license for each cozpeny represented by !iia-riACiFal, but say solicitbualness for eachOf said CWtWnIeS. Under thr Kansas atstute, .4rtIclr1c-210 and LO-252, an Insurance co7paAy Ia required to obtain a liceme for each of its aPeAts before aaId egent Is legally authorized to produce buelneas y&t coqmny. The company pays a 32.OC fee ror this

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Bonorublr Glrard Kinney, Fare 5

It **appeara** thet **thr** Texge *eblIcItor’who Ie appointed 

### by the recordingagent to producebuelnese for ell of the reoordlng agent’8 co3panIeewill oorrespond to the Kansae “agent”. The Texas *solIoItor” and the Kanrar *a&entw 

### do thr ear08or ldantlonlwork, naaely, aollclt~ lneurance on behalf of thr Ineurance ocopeenlee, and l aoh “a.grnt ” muast heve a llosnes **under thr**  law8 **of said**  **Statr.**
**You are**  **rcmprctfully** a:vIeed that It Ie the oplnIon or this department that the mnsar oompanles should bo oharged a llcenee ree for **eaah** agent or eolIcItorwho hold8 authority to 1:r~duoebusiness for said OOzipenIe8.

Trustlne. that the roreeolng ray 0mwem **your** Inquiry,we renain
**Yours very**  **truly ATTCRNgT** **GBGE?&. OF**  TEXAS

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