Sec. 2051.102. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an applicant for registration as an athlete agent must apply on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.

(b) An applicant must provide information required by the secretary of state, including:

(1) the applicant's:

(A) name;

(B) principal business address;

(C) business or occupation for the five years immediately preceding the date of application; and

(D) formal training, practical experience, and educational background relating to the applicant's professional activities as an athlete agent;

(2) the name, sport, and last known team for each person the applicant represented as an athlete agent during the five years immediately preceding the date of application;

(3) whether the applicant or a person described by Subdivision (5) has been subject to any of the following:

(A) a conviction of a crime that in this state is a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, a felony, or a crime of moral turpitude;

(B) an administrative or a judicial determination finding the applicant or other person made a false, misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representation;

(C) a sanction or suspension related to occupational or professional conduct;

(D) a denial of an application for a certificate of registration or license as an athlete agent; or

(E) a denial, revocation, or suspension of a certificate of registration or license as an athlete agent;

(4) whether the applicant or a person described by Subdivision (5) has engaged in conduct resulting in the imposition on an athlete or educational institution of a sanction, suspension, or declaration of ineligibility to participate in an interscholastic or intercollegiate athletic event;

(5) except as provided by Subsection (d), the name and address of each person, except a bona fide employee on salary, who is financially interested as a partner, associate, or profit sharer in the applicant's business; and

(6) the name and address of each national professional sports association that has certified the applicant as an agent.

(c) An application shall include the names and addresses of three professional references.

(d) If an applicant is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the application information required under Subsection (b)(5) must include the name and address of each person who is involved in the activities of the athlete agent. This subsection does not require an applicant to state the name and address of a member of a law firm or professional corporation who is not involved in the business of the athlete agent.

(e) An individual seeking certification as an athlete agent under this chapter who holds a certificate of registration or license as an athlete agent in another state may submit a copy of the previous application and certificate or license instead of submitting the application required by this section. The secretary of state shall accept the application and the certificate or license from the other state as an application for registration in this state if the application to the other state:

(1) was submitted to the other state not earlier than the 180th day before the date the application is submitted in this state and the applicant certifies that the information contained in the application is current;

(2) contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than the information required by this section; and

(3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 741 , Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.