Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 20.001 · Chapter 20. GENERAL PROVISIONS
SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING INSTRUMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless otherwise provided by Section 3.054 or 3.060(b) or this title, a filing instrument of a corporation must be signed by an officer of the corporation.
(b) A certificate of termination, a certificate of reinstatement, a certificate of amendment to cancel an event requiring winding up, or a restated certificate of formation that contains an amendment to cancel an event requiring winding up may be signed by:
(1) one of the organizers if the winding up, the reinstatement, or the cancellation of an event requiring winding up was authorized by the organizers under Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B); or
(2) one of the directors if the winding up, the reinstatement, or the cancellation of an event requiring winding up was authorized by the board of directors under Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 32 (S.B. 860), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.20.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.054EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION.Printed as Section 3.054 or 3.060(b)
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.060SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS FOR RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOR FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION OR PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION.Printed as Section 3.054 or 3.060(b)
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.502CERTAIN PROCEDURES RELATING TO WINDING UP.Printed as Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B)
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 22.302CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR APPROVAL.Printed as Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B)
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