Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.254
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 11.254, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 11.254. REINSTATEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION FOLLOWING TAX FORFEITURE.
Official statutory text
(a) A filing entity whose certificate of formation has been forfeited under the provisions of the Tax Code must follow the procedures in the Tax Code to reinstate its certificate of formation. A filing entity whose certificate of formation is reinstated under the provisions of the Tax Code is considered to have continued in existence without interruption from the date of forfeiture.
(b) The reinstatement of a filing entity's certificate of formation after its forfeiture has no effect on any issue of the personal liability of the governing persons, officers, or agents of the filing entity during the period between forfeiture and reinstatement of the certificate of formation.
(c) The reinstatement of a limited liability company's certificate of formation after its forfeiture automatically reinstates any protected series or registered series that terminated because of the forfeiture.
(b) The reinstatement of a filing entity's certificate of formation after its forfeiture has no effect on any issue of the personal liability of the governing persons, officers, or agents of the filing entity during the period between forfeiture and reinstatement of the certificate of formation.
(c) The reinstatement of a limited liability company's certificate of formation after its forfeiture automatically reinstates any protected series or registered series that terminated because of the forfeiture.
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