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TX Bus Orgs § 252.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.011. Appointment of Agent to Receive Service of Process

Sec. 252.011.  APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS.  (a)  A nonprofit association may file in the office of the secretary of state a statement appointing an agent authorized to receive service of process.(b)  A statement appointing an agent must contain:(1)  the name of the nonprofit association;(2)  the federal taxpayer identification number of the nonprofit association, if applicable;(3)  the address in this state, including the street address, if any, of the nonprofit association or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this state, its address out of state; and(4)  the name of the person in this state authorized to receive service of process and the person's address, including the street address, in this state.(c)  A statement appointing an agent must be signed by a person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association.  The statement must also be signed by the person appointed agent, who by signing accepts the appointment.  The appointed agent may resign by filing a resignation in the office of the secretary of state and giving notice to the nonprofit association.(d)  The secretary of state may collect a fee for filing a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process, an amendment, a cancellation, or a resignation in the amount charged for filing similar documents.(e)  An amendment to a statement appointing an agent to receive service of process must meet the requirements for execution of an original statement.(f)  A statement appointing an agent may be canceled by filing with the secretary of state a written notice of cancellation executed by a person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association.  A notice of cancellation must contain:(1)  the name of the nonprofit association;(2)  the federal taxpayer identification number of the nonprofit association, if applicable;(3)  the date of filing of the nonprofit association's statement appointing the agent; and(4)  a current street address, if any, of the nonprofit association in this state or, if the nonprofit association does not have an address in this state, its address out of state.(g)  The secretary of state may adopt forms and procedural rules for filing documents under this section.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (S.B. 748), Sec. 58, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.012. Claim Not Abated by Change

Sec. 252.012.  CLAIM NOT ABATED BY CHANGE.  A claim for relief against a nonprofit association does not abate merely because of a change in the members or persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.013. Summons and Complaint; Service

Sec. 252.013.  SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT;  SERVICE.  (a)  In an action or proceeding against a nonprofit association, a summons and complaint must be served on an agent authorized by appointment to receive service of process, an officer, a managing or general agent, or a person authorized to participate in the management of its affairs, in accordance with the Civil Practice and Remedies Code.(b)  Not later than the 10th day after the date of a request by the attorney general to an officer or board member of a nonprofit association or to the nonprofit association, the nonprofit association shall provide to the attorney general the names, current addresses, and telephone numbers of:(1)  each agent authorized to receive service of process on behalf of the nonprofit association;  and(2)  each officer, managing or general agent, and other person authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.014. Uniformity of Application and Construction

Sec. 252.014.  UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.  This chapter shall be applied and construed to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.015. Transition Concerning Real and Personal Property

Sec. 252.015.  TRANSITION CONCERNING REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.  If, before September 1, 1995, an estate or interest in real or personal property was by the terms of the transfer purportedly transferred to a nonprofit association, but under the law the estate or interest was vested in a fiduciary such as officers of the nonprofit association to hold the estate or interest for members of the nonprofit association, on or after September 1, 1995, the fiduciary may transfer the estate or interest to the nonprofit association in its name, or the nonprofit association, by appropriate proceedings, may require that the estate or interest be transferred to it in its name.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.016. Effect on Other Law

Sec. 252.016.  EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.  This chapter replaces existing law with respect to matters covered by this chapter but does not affect other law covering unincorporated nonprofit associations.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.017. Chapter Controlling

Sec. 252.017.  CHAPTER CONTROLLING.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the only provisions of this code that apply to or govern a nonprofit association are the provisions of this chapter.(b)  Chapters 1, 4, and 10 and, if a nonprofit association designates an agent for service of process, Subchapter E, Chapter 5, apply to a nonprofit association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.018. Mergers and Conversions

Sec. 252.018.  MERGERS AND CONVERSIONS.  A nonprofit association may effect a merger or conversion by complying with the applicable provisions of Chapter 10 and the nonprofit association's governing documents.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.001. Applicability of Title

Sec. 301.001.  APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.  (a)  This title applies only to a professional entity or foreign professional entity.(b)  This title does not affect:(1)  the professional or confidential relationship between a person who provides a professional service and the recipient of that service;  or(2)  a person's legal remedies against another person who commits an error, omission, negligent or incompetent act, or malfeasance while providing a professional service.(c)  This title does not apply to a partnership, including a limited liability partnership.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 134, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.002. Conflicts of Law

Sec. 301.002.  CONFLICTS OF LAW.  This title prevails over a conflicting provision of Title 1, 2, or 3.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.003. Definitions

Sec. 301.003.  DEFINITIONS.  In this title:(1)  "Licensed mental health professional" means a person, other than a physician, who is licensed by the state to engage in the practice of psychology or psychiatric nursing or to provide professional therapy or counseling services.(2)  "Professional association" means an association, as distinguished from either a partnership or a corporation, that is:(A)  formed for the purpose of providing the professional service rendered by a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathy, doctor of podiatry, dentist, chiropractor, optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, veterinarian, or licensed mental health professional; and(B)  governed as a professional entity under this title.(3)  "Professional corporation" means a corporation that is:(A)  formed for the purpose of providing a professional service, other than the practice of medicine by physicians, surgeons, or other doctors of medicine, that by law a corporation governed by Title 2 is prohibited from rendering; and(B)  governed as a professional entity under this title.(4)  "Professional entity" means a professional association, professional corporation, or professional limited liability company.(5)  "Professional individual," with respect to a professional entity, means an individual who is licensed to provide in this state or another jurisdiction the same professional service as is rendered by that professional entity.(6)  "Professional limited liability company" means a limited liability company formed for the purpose of providing a professional service and governed as a professional entity under this title.(7)  "Professional organization," with respect to a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company, means a person other than an individual, whether nonprofit, for-profit, domestic, or foreign and including a nonprofit corporation or nonprofit association, that renders the same professional service as the professional corporation or professional limited liability company only through owners, members, managerial officials, employees, or agents, each of whom is a professional individual or professional organization.(8)  "Professional service" means any type of service that requires, as a condition precedent to the rendering of the service, the obtaining of a license in this state, including the personal service rendered by an architect, attorney, certified public accountant, dentist, physician, public accountant, or veterinarian.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 97, eff. January 1, 2006.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 135, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.004. Authorized Person

Sec. 301.004.  AUTHORIZED PERSON.  For purposes of this title, a person is an authorized person with respect to:(1)  a professional association if the person is a professional individual;  and(2)  a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company if the person is a professional individual or professional organization.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.005. Application for Registration of Foreign Professional Entity

Sec. 301.005.  APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL ENTITY.  (a)  When required by Chapter 9, a foreign professional entity must file an application for registration to transact business in this state.(b)  The secretary of state may accept an application filed under Subsection (a) only if:(1)  the name and purpose of the foreign professional entity stated in the application comply with this title and Chapters 2 and 5;  and(2)  the application states that the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign professional entity permits reciprocal admission of an entity formed under this code.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.006. License Required to Provide Professional Service

Sec. 301.006.  LICENSE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.  (a)  A professional association or foreign professional association may provide a professional service in this state only through owners, managerial officials, employees, or agents, each of whom:(1)  is a professional individual;  and(2)  is licensed in this state to provide the same professional service provided by the entity.(b)  A professional entity or foreign professional entity, other than a professional association or foreign professional association, may provide a professional service in this state only through owners, managerial officials, employees, or agents, each of whom is an authorized person.(c)  An individual may not, under the guise of employment, provide a professional service in this state unless the individual is licensed to provide the professional service under the laws of this state.(d)  This section may not be construed to prohibit a professional entity or foreign professional entity from employing  nurses or from employing individuals who do not, according to general custom and practice, ordinarily provide a professional service, including clerks, secretaries, bookkeepers, technicians, or assistants.  To the extent this subsection conflicts with any other law, this subsection controls.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 98, eff. January 1, 2006.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 136, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.007. Certain Requirements to Be Owner, Governing Person, or Officer

Sec. 301.007.  CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO BE OWNER, GOVERNING PERSON, OR OFFICER.  (a)  A person may be an owner of a professional entity or a governing person of a professional limited liability company only if the person is an authorized person.(b)  An individual may be an officer of a professional entity or a governing person of a professional association or professional corporation only if the individual is a professional individual.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.008. Duties and Powers of Owner or Managerial Official Who Ceases to Be Licensed; Purchase of Ownership Interest

Sec. 301.008.  DUTIES AND POWERS OF OWNER OR MANAGERIAL OFFICIAL WHO CEASES TO BE LICENSED;  PURCHASE OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST.  (a)  A managerial official of a professional entity who ceases to satisfy the requirements of Section 301.007 shall promptly resign the person's position and employment with the entity.(b)  An owner of a professional entity who ceases to be an authorized person as required by Section 301.007 shall promptly relinquish the person's ownership interest in the entity.(c)  A person who succeeds to the ownership interest of an owner shall promptly relinquish the person's financial interest in the entity if the person is not an authorized person as required by Section 301.007.(d)  A professional entity shall purchase or cause to be purchased the ownership interest in the entity of a person who is required to relinquish the person's financial interest in the entity under this section.  The price and terms of a purchase of an ownership interest required under this subsection may be provided by the governing documents of the entity or an applicable agreement.(e)  A person who owns all of the outstanding ownership interests in a professional entity but is required under this section to relinquish the person's financial interest in the entity may act as a managerial official or owner of the entity only for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the entity, including selling the outstanding ownership interests and other assets of the entity.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.009. Transfer of Ownership Interest

Sec. 301.009.  TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST.  Except as limited by the governing documents of the professional entity or an applicable agreement, an ownership interest in a professional entity may be transferred only to:(1)  an owner of the entity;(2)  the entity itself;  or(3)  an authorized person.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.010. Liability

Sec. 301.010.  LIABILITY.  (a)  A professional entity is jointly and severally liable for an error, omission, negligent or incompetent act, or malfeasance committed by a person who:(1)  is an owner, managerial official, employee, or agent of the entity;  and(2)  while providing a professional service for the entity or during the course of the person's employment, commits the error, omission, negligent or incompetent act, or malfeasance.(b)  An owner, managerial official, employee, or agent of a professional entity other than an owner, managerial official, employee, or agent liable under Subsection (a) is not subject to the same liability imposed on the professional entity under this section.(c)  If a person described by Subsection (a) is a professional organization, the professional organization and the professional entity are jointly and severally liable for the error, omission, negligent or incompetent act, or malfeasance committed by the person, or the person's owner, member, managerial official, employee, or agent, while providing a professional service for the professional entity.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 301.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 301 - Provisions Relating to Professional Entities|Section 301.011. Exemption From Securities Laws

Sec. 301.011.  EXEMPTION FROM SECURITIES LAWS.  (a)  A sale, issuance, or offer for sale of an ownership interest in a professional entity to a person authorized under this title to own an ownership interest in the professional entity is exempt from any state law, other than this code, that regulates the sale, issuance, or offer for sale of securities.(b)  A transaction described by Subsection (a) does not require the approval of or other action by a state official or regulatory agency authorized to regulate the sale, issuance, or offer for sale of securities.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 302.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 302 - Provisions Relating to Professional Associations|Section 302.001. Applicability of Certain Provisions Governing For-Profit Corporations

Sec. 302.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS GOVERNING FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS.  The provisions of Chapters 20 and 21 governing a for-profit corporation apply to a professional association, unless there is a conflict with this title.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 302.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 302 - Provisions Relating to Professional Associations|Section 302.002. Duration of Professional Association

Sec. 302.002.  DURATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.  A professional association continues:(1)  for all purposes as a separate entity independent of the association's members until:(A)  the expiration of the period of duration stated in the certificate of formation;  or(B)  the association is wound up and terminated in the manner provided by the certificate of formation or, if the certificate of formation does not provide a manner for winding up and termination, by a two-thirds vote of the association's members;  and(2)  in existence notwithstanding:(A)  the death, insanity, incompetency, felony conviction, resignation, withdrawal, transfer of ownership interest, or expulsion of a member other than the last surviving member of the association;(B)  the admission of a new member or the transfer of ownership interest to a new or existing member;  or(C)  the occurrence of an event that would require the winding up of a partnership under state law or similar circumstances.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 302.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 302 - Provisions Relating to Professional Associations|Section 302.003. Amendment of Certificate of Formation

Sec. 302.003.  AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.  (a)  A professional association may amend the association's certificate of formation as provided by Chapter 3 and:(1)  by  the procedure for amendment stated in the certificate of formation; or(2)  if the certificate of formation does not provide a procedure for amending the certificate, by a two-thirds vote of the association's members.(b)  A professional association is not required to amend the association's certificate of formation to reflect a change in membership or a transfer of ownership interests in the association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 99, eff. January 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 302.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 302 - Provisions Relating to Professional Associations|Section 302.004. Adoption of Bylaws; Delegation of Authority

Sec. 302.004.  ADOPTION OF BYLAWS;  DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.  (a)  The members of a professional association may adopt bylaws for the association.(b)  The authority to adopt bylaws for a professional association granted under Subsection (a) may be delegated under the certificate of formation to the governing authority of the association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 302.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 7 - Professional Entities|Chapter 302 - Provisions Relating to Professional Associations|Section 302.005. Governing Authority

Sec. 302.005.  GOVERNING AUTHORITY.  (a)  A professional association shall be governed by:(1)  a board of directors;  or(2)  an executive committee.(b)  The governing authority of a professional association shall be elected by the members of the association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|