By Naishtat H.B. No. 2168 76R3807 CLG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the appointment of a registered agent to accept service 1-3 of process in this state on behalf of a business entity. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 30.011 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 30.011. APPOINTMENT OF REGISTERED AGENT OF BUSINESS 1-8 ENTITY. The appointment of a registered agent to accept service of 1-9 process in an action or proceeding in this state on behalf of a 1-10 foreign or domestic business entity authorized to transact business 1-11 in this state does not take effect until the person appointed 1-12 registered agent: 1-13 (1) signs the document evidencing the appointment; or 1-14 (2) files with the secretary of state a statement in 1-15 writing accepting the appointment. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and 1-17 applies only to the appointment of a registered agent made on or 1-18 after that date. The appointment of a registered agent made before 1-19 the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect 1-20 when the appointment was made, and the former law is continued in 1-21 effect for that purpose. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.