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TX Bus & Com Code § 2004.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 99 - Miscellaneous Commercial Provisions|Chapter 2004 - Intrastate Manufacture of Certain Incandescent Light Bulbs|Section 2004.003. Not Subject to Federal Regulation

Sec. 2004.003.  NOT SUBJECT TO FEDERAL REGULATION.  An incandescent light bulb that is manufactured in this state and remains in this state is not subject to federal law or federal regulation under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 2510), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 2004.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 99 - Miscellaneous Commercial Provisions|Chapter 2004 - Intrastate Manufacture of Certain Incandescent Light Bulbs|Section 2004.004. Marketing of Light Bulbs

Sec. 2004.004.  MARKETING OF LIGHT BULBS.  An incandescent light bulb manufactured and sold in this state must have the words "Made in Texas" clearly stamped on it.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 2510), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 2004.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 99 - Miscellaneous Commercial Provisions|Chapter 2004 - Intrastate Manufacture of Certain Incandescent Light Bulbs|Section 2004.005. Attorney General

Sec. 2004.005.  ATTORNEY GENERAL.  On written notification to the attorney general by a resident of this state of the resident's intent to manufacture an incandescent light bulb to which this chapter applies, the attorney general may seek a declaratory judgment from a federal district court in this state that this chapter is consistent with the United States Constitution.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 533 (H.B. 2510), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2012.|
TX Bus Orgs § 7.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 1 - General Provisions|Chapter 7 - Liability|Section 7.001. Limitation of Liability of Governing Person

Sec. 7.001.  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF GOVERNING PERSON.  (a)  Subsections (b) and (c) apply to:(1)  a domestic entity other than a partnership or limited liability company;(2)  another organization incorporated or organized under another law of this state;  and(3)  to the extent permitted by federal law, a federally chartered bank, savings and loan association, or credit union.(b)  The certificate of formation or similar instrument of an organization to which this section applies may provide that a governing person of the organization is not liable, or is liable only to the extent provided by the certificate of formation or similar instrument, to the organization or its owners or members for monetary damages for an act or omission by the person in the person's capacity as a governing person.(c)  Subsection (b) does not authorize the elimination or limitation of the liability of a governing person to the extent the person is found liable under applicable law for:(1)  a breach of the person's duty of loyalty, if any, to the organization or its owners or members;(2)  an act or omission not in good faith that:(A)  constitutes a breach of duty of the person to the organization;  or(B)  involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;(3)  a transaction from which the person received an improper benefit, regardless of whether the benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of the person's duties;  or(4)  an act or omission for which the liability of a governing person is expressly provided by an applicable statute.(d)  The liability of a governing person may be limited or eliminated:(1)  in a general partnership by its partnership agreement to the same extent Subsections (b) and (c) permit the limitation or elimination of liability of a governing person of an organization to which those subsections apply and to the additional extent permitted under Chapter 152;(2)  in a limited partnership by its partnership agreement to the same extent Subsections (b) and (c) permit the limitation or elimination of liability of a governing person of an organization to which those subsections apply and to the additional extent permitted under Chapter 153 and, to the extent applicable to limited partnerships, Chapter 152; and(3)  in a limited liability company by its certificate of formation or company agreement to the same extent Subsections (b) and (c) permit the limitation or elimination of liability of a governing person of an organization to which those subsections apply and to the additional extent permitted under Section 101.401.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 9 (S.B. 847), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Bus Orgs § 20.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 2 - Corporations|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Section 20.001. Signature Requirements for Filing Instruments

Sec. 20.001.  SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING INSTRUMENTS.  (a)  Unless otherwise provided by Section 3.054 or 3.060(b) or this title, a filing instrument of a corporation must be signed by an officer of the corporation.(b)  A certificate of termination, a certificate of reinstatement, a certificate of amendment to cancel an event requiring winding up, or a restated certificate of formation that contains an amendment to cancel an event requiring winding up may be signed by:(1)  one of the organizers if the winding up, the reinstatement, or the cancellation of an event requiring winding up was authorized by the organizers under Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B); or(2)  one of the directors if the winding up, the reinstatement, or the cancellation of an event requiring winding up was authorized by the board of directors under Section 21.502(2) or 22.302(1)(B).|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 32 (S.B. 860), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Bus Orgs § 20.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 2 - Corporations|Chapter 20 - General Provisions|Section 20.002. Ultra Vires Acts

Sec. 20.002.  ULTRA VIRES ACTS.  (a)  Lack of capacity of a corporation may not be the basis of any claim or defense at law or in equity.(b)  An act of a corporation or a transfer of property by or to a corporation is not invalid because the act or transfer was:(1)  beyond the scope of the purpose or purposes of the corporation as expressed in the corporation's certificate of formation;  or(2)  inconsistent with a limitation on the authority of an officer or director to exercise a statutory power of the corporation, as that limitation is expressed in the corporation's certificate of formation.(c)  The fact that an act or transfer is beyond the scope of the expressed purpose or purposes of the corporation or is inconsistent with an expressed limitation on the authority of an officer or director may be asserted in a proceeding:(1)  by a shareholder or member against the corporation to enjoin the performance of an act or the transfer of property by or to the corporation;(2)  by the corporation, acting directly or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, or through members in a representative suit, against an officer or director or former officer or director of the corporation for exceeding that person's authority;  or(3)  by the attorney general to:(A)  terminate the corporation;(B)  enjoin the corporation from performing an unauthorized act;  or(C)  enforce divestment of real property acquired or held contrary to the laws of this state.(d)  If the unauthorized act or transfer sought to be enjoined under Subsection (c)(1) is being or is to be performed or made under a contract to which the corporation is a party and if each party to the contract is a party to the proceeding, the court may set aside and enjoin the performance of the contract.  The court may award to the corporation or to another party to the contract, as appropriate, compensation for loss or damage resulting from the action of the court in setting aside and enjoining the performance of the contract, excluding loss of anticipated profits.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 151.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 4 - Partnerships|Chapter 151 - General Provisions|Section 151.001. Definitions

Sec. 151.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this title:(1)  "Capital account" means the amount computed by:(A)  adding the amount of a partner's original and additional contributions of cash to a partnership, the agreed value of any other property that that partner originally or additionally contributed to the partnership, and allocations of partnership profits to that partner; and(B)  subtracting the amount of distributions to that partner and allocations of partnership losses to that partner.(2)  "Distribution" means a transfer of property, including cash, from a partnership to  a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or the partner's transferee.(3)  "Foreign limited partnership" means a partnership formed under the laws of another state that has one or more general partners and  one or more limited partners.(4)  "Majority-in-interest," with respect to all or a specified group of partners, means partners who own more than 50 percent of the current percentage or other interest in the profits of the partnership that is owned by all of the partners or by the partners in the specified group, as appropriate.(5)  "Partnership agreement" means any agreement, written or oral, of the partners concerning a partnership.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 76, eff. January 1, 2006.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 103, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Bus Orgs § 151.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 4 - Partnerships|Chapter 151 - General Provisions|Section 151.002. Knowledge of Fact

Sec. 151.002.  KNOWLEDGE OF FACT.  For purposes of this title, a person has knowledge of a fact only if the person has actual knowledge of the fact.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 151.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 4 - Partnerships|Chapter 151 - General Provisions|Section 151.003. Notice of Fact

Sec. 151.003.  NOTICE OF FACT.  (a)  For purposes of this title, a person has notice of a fact if the person:(1)  has knowledge of the fact;(2)  has received a communication of the fact as provided by Subsection (c);  or(3)  reasonably should have concluded, from all facts then known to that person, that the fact exists.(b)  A person notifies or gives notice to another person of a fact by taking actions reasonably required to inform the other person of the fact in the ordinary course of business, regardless of whether the other person actually has knowledge of the fact.(c)  A person is notified or receives notice of a fact when the fact is communicated to:(1)  the person;(2)  the person's place of business;  or(3)  another place held out by the person as the place for receipt of communications.(d)  Receipt of notice by a general partner of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as notice to the partnership unless fraud against the partnership is committed by or with the consent of the partner receiving the notice.|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. 41, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Bus Orgs § 151.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 4 - Partnerships|Chapter 151 - General Provisions|Section 151.004. Officers

Sec. 151.004.  OFFICERS.  A partnership may have elected or appointed officers in accordance with Section 3.103.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1442), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.001. Definitions

Sec. 252.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Member" means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.(2)  "Nonprofit association" means an unincorporated organization, other than one created by a trust, consisting of three or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose.  A form of joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entirety does not by itself establish a nonprofit association, regardless of whether the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.002. Supplementary General Principles of Law and Equity

Sec. 252.002.  SUPPLEMENTARY GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND EQUITY.  Principles of law and equity supplement this chapter unless displaced by a particular provision of this chapter.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.003. Territorial Application

Sec. 252.003.  TERRITORIAL APPLICATION.  Real and personal property in this state may be acquired, held, encumbered, and transferred by a nonprofit association, regardless of whether the nonprofit association or a member has any other relationship to this state.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.004. Real and Personal Property; Nonprofit Association as Beneficiary

Sec. 252.004.  REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY;  NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION AS BENEFICIARY.  (a)  A nonprofit association in its name may acquire, hold, encumber, or transfer an estate or interest in real or personal property.(b)  A nonprofit association may be a beneficiary of a trust, contract, or will.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.005. Statement of Authority as to Real Property

Sec. 252.005.  STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY AS TO REAL PROPERTY.  (a)  A nonprofit association may execute and record a statement of authority to transfer an estate or interest in real property in the name of the nonprofit association.(b)  An estate or interest in real property in the name of a nonprofit association may be transferred by a person so authorized in a statement of authority recorded in the county clerk's office in the county in which a transfer of the property would be recorded.(c)  A statement of authority must contain:(1)  the name of the nonprofit association;(2)  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(3)  the name or title of a person authorized to transfer an estate or interest in real property held in the name of the nonprofit association.(d)  A statement of authority must be executed in the same manner as a deed by a person who is not the person authorized to transfer the estate or interest.(e)  The county clerk may collect a fee for recording a statement of authority in the amount authorized for recording a transfer of real property.(f)  An amendment, including a cancellation, of a statement of authority must meet the requirements for execution and recording of an original statement.  Unless canceled earlier, a recorded statement of authority or its most recent amendment is canceled by operation of law on the fifth anniversary of the date of the most recent recording.(g)  If the record title to real property is in the name of a nonprofit association and the statement of authority is recorded in the county clerk's office of the county in which a transfer of real property would be recorded, the authority of the person named in a statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a person who gives value without notice that the person lacks authority.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.006. Liability in Tort and Contract

Sec. 252.006.  LIABILITY IN TORT AND CONTRACT.  (a)  A nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties, and liabilities in contract and tort.(b)  A person is not liable for a breach of a nonprofit association's contract or for a tortious act or omission for which a nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a member, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.(c)  A tortious act or omission of a member or other person for which a nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit association, is authorized to participate in the management of the affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.(d)  A member of, or a person considered as a member by, a nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit association.  A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.007. Capacity to Assert and Defend; Standing

Sec. 252.007.  CAPACITY TO ASSERT AND DEFEND;  STANDING.  (a)  A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.(b)  A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of members of the nonprofit association if:(1)  one or more of the nonprofit association's members have standing to assert a claim in their own right;(2)  the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes;  and(3)  neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.008. Effect of Judgment or Order

Sec. 252.008.  EFFECT OF JUDGMENT OR ORDER.  A judgment or order against a nonprofit association is not by itself a judgment or order against a member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit association.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.009. Disposition of Personal Property of Inactive Nonprofit Association

Sec. 252.009.  DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF INACTIVE NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION.  (a)  If a nonprofit association has been inactive for three years or longer, or a shorter period as specified in a document of the nonprofit association, a person in possession or control of personal property of the nonprofit association may transfer the custody of the property:(1)  if a document of a nonprofit association specifies a person to whom transfer is to be made under these circumstances, to that person;  or(2)  if no person is specified, to a nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation pursuing broadly similar purposes, or to a government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality.(b)  Notwithstanding the above, if a nonprofit association is classified under the Internal Revenue Code as a 501(c)(3) organization or is or holds itself out to be established or operating for a charitable, religious, or educational purpose, as defined by Section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue Code, then any distribution must be made to another nonprofit association or nonprofit corporation with similar charitable, religious, or educational purposes.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
TX Bus Orgs § 252.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business Organizations Code|Title 6 - Associations|Chapter 252 - Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations|Section 252.010. Books and Records

Sec. 252.010.  BOOKS AND RECORDS.  (a)  A nonprofit association shall keep correct and complete books and records of account for at least three years after the end of each fiscal year and shall make the books and records available on request to members of the association for inspection and copying.(b)  The attorney general may inspect, examine, and make copies of the books, records, and other documents the attorney general considers necessary and may investigate the association to determine if a violation of any law of this state has occurred.|Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|