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.