Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.038
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 52.038, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 52.038. EXISTING CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS.
Official statutory text
Any corporation or association organized under prior law before March 1, 1921, may elect, by a majority vote of its members or stockholders, to adopt this chapter and become subject to it by:
(1) adopting the restrictions provided by this chapter; and
(2) executing, in duplicate on forms supplied by the secretary of state, an instrument, signed and acknowledged by its directors, stating that the entity, by a majority vote of its members or stockholders, has decided to accept the benefits of and be bound by this chapter.
(1) adopting the restrictions provided by this chapter; and
(2) executing, in duplicate on forms supplied by the secretary of state, an instrument, signed and acknowledged by its directors, stating that the entity, by a majority vote of its members or stockholders, has decided to accept the benefits of and be bound by this chapter.
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