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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to service of process at the registered office of certain |
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registered agents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.201, Business Organizations Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) If the registered agent is a domestic entity or foreign |
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entity that is also required to appoint a registered agent, process |
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may be served by serving an agent or clerk at the registered office |
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of the registered agent. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5.201(d), Business Organizations Code, |
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as added by this Act, applies to all process served on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, without regard to whether the process |
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was issued before, on, or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |