Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.917 · Subchapter R. RATIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACTS OR SHARES; PROCEEDINGS
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section does not apply to:
(1) an action asserting that a ratification was not accomplished in accordance with this subchapter; or
(2) any person to whom notice of the ratification was not given as required by Sections 21.906 and 21.911.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter:
(1) an action claiming that a defective corporate act or putative shares are ineffective, void, or voidable due to a failure of authorization identified in the resolutions adopted in accordance with Section 21.903 may not be filed in or must be dismissed by any court after the applicable validation effective time; and
(2) an action claiming that a court of appropriate jurisdiction, in its discretion, should declare that a ratification in accordance with this subchapter not take effect or that the ratification take effect only on certain conditions may not be filed with the court after the expiration of the 120th day after the later of the validation effective time or the time that any notice required to be given under Section 21.911 is given with respect to the ratification.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by a corporation's governing documents, for purposes of this section, notice under Section 21.911 that is:
(1) mailed is considered to be given on the date the notice is deposited in the United States mail with postage paid in an envelope addressed to the holder at the holder's address appearing or most recently appearing, as appropriate, in the records of the corporation; and
(2) transmitted by facsimile or electronic message is considered to be given when the facsimile or electronic message is transmitted to a facsimile number or an electronic message address provided by the holder, or to which the holder consents, for the purpose of receiving notice.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 32 (S.B. 860), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 199 (S.B. 2411), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.903RATIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS.Printed as Section 21.903
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.906NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR RATIFIED DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT SUBMITTED FOR SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL.Printed as Sections 21.906 and 21.911
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.911NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS FOLLOWING RATIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT.Printed as Section 21.911 | Sections 21.906 and 21.911
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Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.913RATIFICATION PROCEDURES OR COURT PROCEEDINGS CONCERNING VALIDATION NOT EXCLUSIVE.Printed as Sections 21.914 through 21.917
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.914PROCEEDING REGARDING VALIDITY OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACTS AND SHARES.Printed as Section 21.917 | Sections 21.915 through 21.917
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