Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.151 · Subchapter D. RECORDKEEPING OF FILING ENTITIES
BOOKS AND RECORDS FOR ALL FILING ENTITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each filing entity shall keep:
(1) books and records of accounts;
(2) minutes of the proceedings of the owners or members or governing authority of the filing entity and committees of the owners or members or governing authority of the filing entity;
(3) a current record of the name and mailing address of each owner or member of the filing entity; and
(4) other books and records as required by the title of this code governing the entity.
(b) The books, records, minutes, and ownership or membership records of any filing entity may be:
(1) in written paper form; or
(2) maintained by or on behalf of the filing entity on, or by means of, an information storage device or method or one or more electronic data systems, provided that any books, records, minutes, and ownership or membership records so maintained can be converted into written paper form within a reasonable time.
(c) The records required by Subsection (a)(2) need not be maintained by a limited partnership or a limited liability company except to the extent required by its governing documents.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 8, eff. January 1, 2006.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 658 (S.B. 1859), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
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Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.151. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business Organizations Code
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.152GOVERNING PERSON'S RIGHT OF INSPECTION.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 3.153RIGHT OF EXAMINATION BY OWNER OR MEMBER.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 10.359RECORD OF DEMAND FOR FAIR VALUE OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 21.173SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIRED RECORDS.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 101.153FAILURE TO PERFORM ENFORCEABLE PROMISE; CONSEQUENCES.Printed as Sections 3.151 and 101.501
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 101.203SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS.Printed as Sections 3.151 and 101.501
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 101.501SUPPLEMENTAL RECORDS REQUIRED FOR LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES.Printed as Section 3.151 | Section 3.151(b)
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 153.004NONWAIVABLE TITLE 1 PROVISIONS.Printed as Section 3.151
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 153.551RECORDS.Printed as Section 3.151(b)
- Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 200.113SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIRED RECORDS.Printed as Section 3.151
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