H.B. No. 3609
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the filing of an assumed name certificate by certain
  business entities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 71.103(a), Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A [The] corporation, limited partnership, limited
  liability partnership, limited liability company, or foreign
  filing entity required to file a certificate under Section 71.101
  shall file the certificate in the office of the secretary of state
  [and in the office or offices of each county clerk as specified by
  Subsection (b) or (c)].
         SECTION 2.  Sections 71.103(b) and (c) and 71.104(b),
  Business & Commerce Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  The repeal by this Act of Sections 71.103(b) and
  (c) and 71.104(b), Business & Commerce Code, and the changes in law
  made by this Act to Section 71.103(a), Business & Commerce Code,
  apply only to an offense under Section 71.202, Business & Commerce
  Code, committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
  offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and that
  law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
  section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
  Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3609 was passed by the House on May 7,
  2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3609 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor