Sec. 371.101. PAWNSHOP EMPLOYEE LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) An individual who begins employment at a pawnshop must apply to the commissioner for a pawnshop employee license not later than the 75th day after the date employment begins.
(b) The individual may continue employment until the license is issued or denied.
(c) A pawnbroker may not employ an individual to write a pawn transaction, buy or sell merchandise, or supervise another employee who writes pawn transactions or buys or sells merchandise unless the individual:
(1) has complied with Subsection (a) but has not been issued or denied a license; or
(2) holds a pawnshop employee license.
(d) Subsection (c) does not apply to an individual who:
(1) has an ownership interest in the pawnshop license; and
(2) is named on the application.
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1399, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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