Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN “““=z Dear slrr 1040, raqalertra legal lr tio n oi whether laae lr authorized to raon prior to th e lx- Civil Statute8 of Tou8, 8ot.s dare rhoreby an emplopmnt Neither thlr rtatut8 nor any itle 83, of the statutes of r or sala of the llc8nm ,atter Various requlremants and 0r veriricatisn Ut8S, provides: ‘.-AII~’ gsrson who aball snesge in the business 3f an e&dopent agent, or rho shall conduct bn crmploy- ment crrlce, rlthout tire procuring a llcensa se re- uired and roridrd ror in this e!mpter my be ‘sined #ziixdny 2 ursulns suoh businam or ooouion. . . . * (Eznhasis curs) fjonorableJoe Zunschik, Faga 2 Artlolr 1566 of thr 9onal Coda likewise 9rcvIdes in part8 -Whoerer engages in the business of an anploy- moat sgsnt or oonducts a nlmploymat offloe withcut first proowIng 8 lIoans~ theretor, 88 rswired bz &I, shall br flnrd. . . ." (Em9has18 ours) a 6,meral rule, in ths lb seno ooi sgrolfio stat- As utory authorltatloa,a liornsr 18 a mare personal prlvIle~gr whloh uy not bo assigned. 27 Tex, Jur. 9. 905, 6 59; 17 Bullag 12880 Law, 9. 475; if0118 V. Stat., 1E CrIm. A99. 417. The ZmaploymentAgenoy Law of Texas does act author- iza the transfer or ea.10or tha license issued In acoordanos with its prorlslons; there I# oiery reason to bOll8Ve from a study of this law that thr La6islaturr intrndod, and so pro- ridsd, that a parson oould raoeltr an employments$ono~ ll- oense oalr In the mannor sot out in Artlols 5210. It is, theroiore, the 09laion of this Lmpartxmztt that an emplopasat a6moy lloenss, aitsr bslng issued to a spsolfisd lndlridual,mar not bs transferrod or sold by suoh lndlridusl to another person prior to the ex9lratlOn date oi the liornss; in other words, the llosnse Is non-trsnsrerable. Yours rrry truly ATTORNEY QENERAL CF TEXA::