Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.527
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.527, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 9.527. DUTY TO REPORT.
Official statutory text
The Secretary of State shall report before January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the Legislature on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which:
(1) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter and the reasons for these variations; and
(2) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Administrative Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.
(1) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter and the reasons for these variations; and
(2) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Administrative Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.
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