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      Sec. 38a-792. (Formerly Sec. 38-77). Casualty claim adjusters. Penalty. Attorneys exempted. (a) No person may act as an adjuster of casualty claims for any insurance company or firm or corporation engaged in the adjustment of casualty claims unless such person has first secured a license from the commissioner, and has paid the license fee specified in section 38a-11, for each two-year period or fraction thereof. Application for such license shall be made as provided in section 38a-769. The commissioner may waive the requirement for examination in the case of any applicant for a casualty claims adjuster's license who is a nonresident of this state and who holds an equivalent license from any other state. Any such license issued by the commissioner shall be in force until the thirtieth day of June in each odd-numbered year unless sooner revoked or suspended. The license may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be renewed biennially upon payment of the fee specified in section 38a-11. The commissioner may waive the examination required under section 38a-769, in the case of an applicant who at any time within two years next preceding the date of application has been licensed in this state under a license of the same type as the license applied for.

      (b) The commissioner may prescribe reasonable regulations governing the licensing of casualty adjusters and the adjustment of casualty claims.

      (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

      (d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any member of the bar of this state in good standing who is engaged in the general practice of the law.

      (1949 Rev., S. 6070; 1955, S. 2790d; 1959, P.A. 621, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 488; P.A. 82-96, S. 2, 8; P.A. 90-243, S. 34; P.A. 98-98, S. 7; P.A. 99-45, S. 6; P.A. 08-178, S. 38.)

      History: 1959 act raised license fee to $10; 1969 act raised license fee to $20 and added provisions re examination and examination fee; P.A. 82-96 required biennial rather than annual renewal for casualty claim adjusters' licenses and accordingly doubled the license fee, effective June 1, 1983; P.A. 90-243 divided section into Subsecs., substituted "may" for "shall", added provision re licensing application in accordance with Sec. 38a-769 and provisions re suspension or revocation of licenses and discretionary biennial renewal of casualty claim adjusters licenses, deleting provision requiring $10 examination fee; Sec. 38-77 transferred to Sec. 38a-792 in 1991; P.A. 98-98 amended Subsec. (a) to allow the commissioner to waive the examination requirement for nonresident applicants licensed in another state; P.A. 99-45 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute, re granting a license if nonresident applicant holds an equivalent license, "from any other state" for "from the state in which the applicant resides"; P.A. 08-178 increased maximum fine from $200 to $2,000 in Subsec. (c).