Tex. Business Organizations Code § 302.002
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 302.002, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 302.002. DURATION OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION.
Official statutory text
A professional association continues:
(1) for all purposes as a separate entity independent of the association's members until:
(A) the expiration of the period of duration stated in the certificate of formation; or
(B) the association is wound up and terminated in the manner provided by the certificate of formation or, if the certificate of formation does not provide a manner for winding up and termination, by a two-thirds vote of the association's members; and
(2) in existence notwithstanding:
(A) the death, insanity, incompetency, felony conviction, resignation, withdrawal, transfer of ownership interest, or expulsion of a member other than the last surviving member of the association;
(B) the admission of a new member or the transfer of ownership interest to a new or existing member; or
(C) the occurrence of an event that would require the winding up of a partnership under state law or similar circumstances.
(1) for all purposes as a separate entity independent of the association's members until:
(A) the expiration of the period of duration stated in the certificate of formation; or
(B) the association is wound up and terminated in the manner provided by the certificate of formation or, if the certificate of formation does not provide a manner for winding up and termination, by a two-thirds vote of the association's members; and
(2) in existence notwithstanding:
(A) the death, insanity, incompetency, felony conviction, resignation, withdrawal, transfer of ownership interest, or expulsion of a member other than the last surviving member of the association;
(B) the admission of a new member or the transfer of ownership interest to a new or existing member; or
(C) the occurrence of an event that would require the winding up of a partnership under state law or similar circumstances.
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