(a) A person's contribution rate for the calendar year in which the person becomes an employer is the greater of:
(1) the rate established for that year for the major group to which the employer is assigned under Section 204.004, less one-tenth of one percent; or
(2) two and six-tenths percent.
(b) A rate established under Subsection (a) applies to the employer until the date the experience rate computed under Section 204.041 takes effect for the employer.