Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 9.052 · Subchapter B. FAILURE TO REGISTER
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A foreign filing entity that transacts business in this state and is not registered under this chapter is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount equal to all:
(1) fees and taxes that would have been imposed by law on the entity had the entity registered when first required and filed all reports required by law; and
(2) penalties and interest imposed by law for failure to pay those fees and taxes.
(b) The attorney general may bring suit to recover amounts due to this state under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.9.htm
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