(a) In addition to meeting the other certification requirements imposed under this chapter, an applicant for an initial certificate of authority to self-insure must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner of a total unmodified workers’ compensation insurance premium in this state in the calendar year of application of at least $500,000.

(b) Instead of the state premium required under this section, the applicant may present evidence of a total unmodified national workers’ compensation insurance premium of at least $10 million.

(c) Expired.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 265, § 3.052, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.