Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.313 · Subchapter G. DISTRIBUTIONS AND SHARE DIVIDENDS
TRANSFER OF SURPLUS FOR SHARE DIVIDENDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When a share dividend payable in authorized but unissued shares with par value is made by a corporation, an amount of surplus designated by the corporation's board of directors that is not less than the aggregate par value of the shares issued as a share dividend shall be transferred to stated capital.
(b) When a share dividend payable in authorized but unissued shares without par value is made by a corporation, an amount of surplus equal to the aggregate value set by the corporation's board of directors with respect to shares under Section 21.312(b) shall be transferred to stated capital.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
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