Sec. 1501.011.  DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYER STATUS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS.  (a)  For an employer that did not exist throughout the calendar year preceding the year in which the determination of whether the employer is a small employer is made, the determination is based on the average number of employees the employer reasonably expects to employ on business days in the calendar year in which the determination is made.
(b)  For an employer that did not exist throughout the calendar year preceding the year in which the determination of whether the employer is a large employer is made, the determination is based on the average number of employees the employer reasonably expects to employ on business days in the calendar year in which the determination is made.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (S.B. 1332), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.