Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Chapter 93 — Insurance
§ 6763. Federal funding prohibited
Statutory text
The Association may not receive, accept, or borrow any amounts from the Federal Government to pay for, or reimburse,1 the Association for, the costs of establishing or operating the Association.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 106–102 title III § 333 · 113 Stat. 1338
Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 6763
(Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 333, as added Pub. L. 114–1, title II, § 202(a), Jan. 12, 2015, 129 Stat. 27.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 333, as added Pub. L. 114–1, title II, § 202(a), Jan. 12, 2015, 129 Stat. 27.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 333. RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW. (a) Preemption of State Laws.— State laws, regulations, provisions, or other actions purporting to regulate insurance producers shall be preempted as provided in subsection (b). (b) Prohibited Actions.— No State shall— (1) impede the activities of, take any action against, or apply any provision of law or regulation to, any insurance producer because that insurance producer or any affiliate plans to become, has applied to become, or is a member of the Association; (2) impose any requirement upon a member of the Association that it pay different fees to be licensed or otherwise qualified to do business in that State, including bonding requirements, based on its residency; (3) impose any licensing, appointment, integrity, personal or corporate qualifications, education, training, experience, residency, or continuing education requirement upon a member of the Association that is different from the criteria for membership in the Association or renewal of such membership, except that countersignature requirements imposed on nonresident producers shall not be deemed to have the effect of limiting or conditioning a producer’s activities because of its residence or place of operations under this section; or (4) implement the procedures of such State’s system of licensing or renewing the licenses of insurance producers in a manner different from the authority of the Association under section 325. (c) Savings provision.— Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), no provision of this section shall be construed as altering or affecting the continuing effectiveness of any law, regulation, provision, or other action of any State which purports to regulate insurance producers, including any such law, regulation, provision, or action which purports to regulate unfair trade practices or establish consumer protections, including countersignature laws.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 6763, Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 333, , 113 Stat. 1432, related to relationship to State law, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 114–1. See section 6760 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–102, title III, § 333, as added Pub. L. 114–1, title II, § 202(a), , 129 Stat. 27.)