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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) A registered agent that is an organization must have an |
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employee available at the registered office during normal business |
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hours to receive service of process, notice, or demand. Any |
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employee of the organization may receive service at the registered |
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office. |
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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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2047 was passed by the House on April |
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26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2047 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |