Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.004
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 3.004, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 3.004. ORGANIZERS.
Official statutory text
(a) Any person having the capacity to contract for the person or for another may be an organizer of a filing entity.
(b) Each organizer of a filing entity must sign the certificate of formation of the filing entity, except that:
(1) each general partner must sign the certificate of formation of a domestic limited partnership; and
(2) each trust manager must sign and acknowledge before an officer who is authorized by law to take acknowledgment of a deed the certificate of formation of a domestic real estate investment trust.
(b) Each organizer of a filing entity must sign the certificate of formation of the filing entity, except that:
(1) each general partner must sign the certificate of formation of a domestic limited partnership; and
(2) each trust manager must sign and acknowledge before an officer who is authorized by law to take acknowledgment of a deed the certificate of formation of a domestic real estate investment trust.
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