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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of an assumed name certificate by certain |
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business entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 71.103(a), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A [The] corporation, limited partnership, limited |
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liability partnership, limited liability company, or foreign |
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filing entity required to file a certificate under Section 71.101 |
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shall file the certificate in the office of the secretary of state |
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[and in the office or offices of each county clerk as specified by
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Subsection (b) or (c)]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 71.103(b) and (c) and 71.104(b), |
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Business & Commerce Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The repeal by this Act of Sections 71.103(b) and |
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(c) and 71.104(b), Business & Commerce Code, and the changes in law |
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made by this Act to Section 71.103(a), Business & Commerce Code, |
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apply only to an offense under Section 71.202, Business & Commerce |
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Code, committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3609 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 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. 3609 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |