Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.052
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 153.052, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 153.052. DISCRETIONARY AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) A certificate of formation may be amended at any time for a proper purpose as determined by the general partners.
(b) A certificate of formation may be amended to state the name, mailing address, and street address of the business or residence of each person winding up the limited partnership's affairs if, after an event requiring the winding up of a limited partnership but before the limited partnership is reconstituted or a certificate of termination is filed as provided by Section 11.101:
(1) the certificate of formation has been amended to reflect the withdrawal of all general partners; or
(2) a person who is not shown on the certificate of formation as a general partner is carrying out the winding up of a limited partnership's affairs.
(c) If the certificate of formation is amended under Subsection (b), each person winding up the limited partnership's affairs shall execute and file the certificate of amendment. A person winding up the partnership's affairs is not subject to liability as a general partner because of the filing of the certificate of amendment.
(d) A general partner who is not winding up the limited partnership's affairs is not required to execute and file a certificate of amendment as provided by this section.
(b) A restated certificate of formation that contains an amendment to the certificate of formation may be adopted at any time for a proper purpose as determined by the general partners.
(b) A certificate of formation may be amended to state the name, mailing address, and street address of the business or residence of each person winding up the limited partnership's affairs if, after an event requiring the winding up of a limited partnership but before the limited partnership is reconstituted or a certificate of termination is filed as provided by Section 11.101:
(1) the certificate of formation has been amended to reflect the withdrawal of all general partners; or
(2) a person who is not shown on the certificate of formation as a general partner is carrying out the winding up of a limited partnership's affairs.
(c) If the certificate of formation is amended under Subsection (b), each person winding up the limited partnership's affairs shall execute and file the certificate of amendment. A person winding up the partnership's affairs is not subject to liability as a general partner because of the filing of the certificate of amendment.
(d) A general partner who is not winding up the limited partnership's affairs is not required to execute and file a certificate of amendment as provided by this section.
(b) A restated certificate of formation that contains an amendment to the certificate of formation may be adopted at any time for a proper purpose as determined by the general partners.
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