Application for registration

A. Every applicant for an initial and a renewal PEO registration shall file with the administrator a completed application on a form prescribed by rules and regulations of the administrator and shall remit an annual registration fee. Renewal applications and fees remitted later than thirty days after the PEO's anniversary date may be subject to a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars. B. The contents of a PEO application shall include: (1) Identification of applicant: (a) If an individual, the name and address of the individual. Any such applicant shall have reached the full age of majority. (b) If a partnership, the applicant shall state the names and home addresses of all controlling persons in the partnership. If a limited partnership, the partnership shall also produce a certified copy of its certificate of limited partnership. (c) If a corporation, the applicant shall state the names and home addresses of all officers and directors and of all other controlling persons of the corporation. The applicant shall include a certified copy of its articles of incorporation. (d) If a limited liability company, the applicant shall state the names and home addresses of all members and indicate which members are managers or controlling persons of the company. The applicant shall include a copy of the articles of organization and any operating agreement of the type defined in R.S. 12:1301(16). The limited liability company shall also produce a certified copy of its certificate of organization. (2) The address of its principal place of business in this state and the addresses of any other offices within this state through which the applicant intends to conduct business as a PEO. (3) Such other information which the administrator deems necessary and requires by rule or regulation to establish that the applicant or the controlling persons thereof are of good moral character, business integrity, and financial responsibility. (4) A verification of the information contained in the application by an officer or authorized representative of the applicant in a form prescribed by the administrator. C. The administrator shall promulgate rules and regulations for registration and renewal fees not to exceed those reasonably necessary to administer the registration and renewal requirements of this Part.