Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.156
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 10.156, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 10.156. ACCEPTANCE OF CERTIFICATE FOR FILING.
Official statutory text
The filing officer may not accept a certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion for filing if:
(1) the filing officer finds that the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not conform to law; or
(2) the required franchise taxes have not been paid or the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not provide that one or more of the surviving, new, or acquiring organizations or the converted entity is liable for the payment of the required franchise taxes.
(1) the filing officer finds that the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not conform to law; or
(2) the required franchise taxes have not been paid or the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not provide that one or more of the surviving, new, or acquiring organizations or the converted entity is liable for the payment of the required franchise taxes.
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