91.014

(a) An applicant for an original or renewal license must demonstrate positive working capital in the following amounts: (1) $50,000 if the applicant employs fewer than 250 covered employees; (2) $75,000 if the applicant employs at least 250 but not more than 750 covered employees; and (3) $100,000 if the applicant employs more than 750 […]

91.015

(a) To receive a professional employer organization original license, a person shall file with the department a written application accompanied by the application fee. (b) The department shall require an applicant for a license to provide information necessary to determine that the applicant meets the licensing requirements of this chapter. The department shall also require […]

91.011

A person may not engage in or offer professional employer services in this state unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 9.20(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., ch. 117 (S.B. 1286), § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2013.

91.012

To be qualified to serve as a controlling person of a license holder under this chapter, that person must be at least 18 years of age and have educational, managerial, or business experience relevant to: (1) operation of a business entity offering professional employer services; or (2) service as a controlling person of a professional […]

91.004

(a) This chapter does not exempt a client of a license holder, or any covered employee, from any other license requirements imposed under local, state, or federal law. (b) A covered employee who is licensed, registered, or certified under law is considered to be an employee of the client for the purpose of that license, […]

91.005

With respect to a bid, contract, purchase order, or agreement entered into with the state or a political subdivision of the state, a client’s status or certification as a small, minority-owned, disadvantaged, or woman-owned business enterprise or as a historically underutilized business is not affected because the client has entered into a professional employer services […]

91.006

(a) A certificate of insurance coverage or other evidence of coverage showing that either a license holder or a client maintains workers’ compensation insurance coverage constitutes proof of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for the license holder and the client with respect to all covered employees of the license holder and the client. The state and […]

91.007

This chapter does not relieve a client of a right, obligation, or duty under: (1) Chapter 101; (2) the federal National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.); (3) the federal Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. Section 151 et seq.); or (4) any other law governing labor relations. Added by Acts 1999, 76th […]

91.0012

(a) A covered employee must meet all the following criteria: (1) the individual must receive written notice of the coemployment relationship with the professional employer organization; and (2) the individual’s coemployment relationship must be under a professional employer services agreement subject to this chapter. (b) An individual who is an executive employee, as described by […]

91.002

(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to administer this chapter. (b) Each person who offers professional employer services is subject to this chapter and the rules adopted by the commission. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing in this chapter preempts the existing statutory or rulemaking authority of any other state […]