Sec. 91.019. LIMITED LICENSE. (a) The commission by rule shall provide for the issuance of a limited license to a person who seeks to offer limited professional employer services in this state.

(b) For purposes of this section, a professional employer organization is considered to be offering limited professional employer services if the professional employer organization:

(1) employs fewer than 50 covered employees in this state at any one time;

(2) does not provide covered employees to a client based or domiciled in this state; and

(3) does not maintain an office in this state or solicit clients located or domiciled in this state.

(c) A professional employer organization that offers limited professional employer services shall complete the application forms and pay the fees for a limited license as prescribed by the department. A limited license is valid for one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed annually on submission of a renewal application and payment of the required fees.

(d) The department may use information obtained from regulatory agencies in other states in evaluating an applicant for a limited license.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.20(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1379, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 14.007, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2013.