Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.017
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 221.017, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 221.017. CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) The original and two copies of the articles of amendment and a certified copy of the resolution of the sponsoring entity's governing body authorizing the articles shall be delivered to the secretary of state.
(b) If the secretary of state finds that the articles of amendment comply with this chapter and are authorized by the sponsoring entity's governing body, the secretary of state, on payment of all fees required by this chapter, shall:
(1) write "filed" on the original and each copy of the articles of amendment and the month, day, and year of the filing;
(2) file the original in the office of the secretary of state; and
(3) issue two certificates of amendment with a copy of the articles of amendment attached to each.
(c) The secretary of state shall deliver to the development corporation or its representative and to the sponsoring entity's governing body a certificate of amendment with a copy of the articles of amendment attached.
(d) The amendment to the articles of incorporation takes effect on issuance of the certificate of amendment.
(e) An amendment does not affect an existing cause of action in favor of or against the development corporation, a pending suit to which the corporation is a party, or an existing right of any person. Change of the corporate name by amendment does not abate a suit brought by or against the corporation under its former name.
(b) If the secretary of state finds that the articles of amendment comply with this chapter and are authorized by the sponsoring entity's governing body, the secretary of state, on payment of all fees required by this chapter, shall:
(1) write "filed" on the original and each copy of the articles of amendment and the month, day, and year of the filing;
(2) file the original in the office of the secretary of state; and
(3) issue two certificates of amendment with a copy of the articles of amendment attached to each.
(c) The secretary of state shall deliver to the development corporation or its representative and to the sponsoring entity's governing body a certificate of amendment with a copy of the articles of amendment attached.
(d) The amendment to the articles of incorporation takes effect on issuance of the certificate of amendment.
(e) An amendment does not affect an existing cause of action in favor of or against the development corporation, a pending suit to which the corporation is a party, or an existing right of any person. Change of the corporate name by amendment does not abate a suit brought by or against the corporation under its former name.
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