Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.064
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 5.064, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 5.064. NAME FALSELY IMPLYING GOVERNMENTAL AFFILIATION PROHIBITED.
Official statutory text
(a) A filing entity or a foreign filing entity may not use a name in this state that falsely implies an affiliation with a governmental entity.
(b) The submission of a filing instrument is an affirmation by the organizer or by a managerial official named in the filing instrument that the name provided as the name of the filing entity does not falsely imply an affiliation with a governmental entity.
(c) The addition of a word, phrase, or abbreviation that is required to be included in the name of a domestic or foreign filing entity under the provisions of this chapter is not a factor when determining whether a name violates Subsection (a).
(d) For purposes of this section, an entity name means:
(1) the name of a domestic filing entity, as evidenced by its certificate of formation, as amended or restated; or
(2) in the case of a foreign filing entity, the name of the foreign filing entity or the fictitious name of a foreign filing entity, as evidenced by its application for registration or its most recent amended registration.
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures to implement this section.
(b) The submission of a filing instrument is an affirmation by the organizer or by a managerial official named in the filing instrument that the name provided as the name of the filing entity does not falsely imply an affiliation with a governmental entity.
(c) The addition of a word, phrase, or abbreviation that is required to be included in the name of a domestic or foreign filing entity under the provisions of this chapter is not a factor when determining whether a name violates Subsection (a).
(d) For purposes of this section, an entity name means:
(1) the name of a domestic filing entity, as evidenced by its certificate of formation, as amended or restated; or
(2) in the case of a foreign filing entity, the name of the foreign filing entity or the fictitious name of a foreign filing entity, as evidenced by its application for registration or its most recent amended registration.
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe procedures to implement this section.
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