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*1 OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
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Dear slrr
1040, raqalertr a legal l rtion oi whether l aae lr authorized to raon prior to th e l x- 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 or rho shall conduct bn crmploy- an e&dopent agent, ment crrlce, rlthout tire procuring a llcensa se re-
uired and roridrd ror in this e!mpter my be ‘sined 2 ursulns suoh businam or ooouion. #ziixdny . . . * (Eznhasis curs)
fjonorable Joe 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 an l mploymat offloe withcut first proowIng 8 lIoans~ theretor, 88 rswired bz &I, shall br flnrd. . . ." (Em9has18 ours) As a 6,meral rule, in ths l bseno o oi sgrolfio stat- 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 Zmaployment Agenoy Law of Texas does act author- iza the transfer or ea.10 or 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 employment s$ono~ ll- oense oalr In the mannor sot out in Artlols 5210.
It is, theroiore, the 09laion of this Lmpartxmztt an emplopasat a6moy lloenss, issued to a that aitsr bslng 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::