Tex. Local Government Code § 501.313
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§ 501.313. DELIVERY AND FILING OF RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Three originals of the restated certificate of formation shall be delivered to the secretary of state.
(b) If the secretary of state determines that the restated certificate of formation conforms to law and on receipt of a $25 fee, the secretary of state shall:
(1) endorse the word "Filed" and the date of the filing on each original of the restated certificate of formation;
(2) file one of the original restated certificates of formation in the secretary of state's office;
(3) issue two certificates evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation;
(4) attach to each certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation an original of the restated certificate of formation; and
(5) deliver a certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation to:
(A) the corporation or the corporation's representative; and
(B) the governing body of:
(i) the corporation's authorizing unit; or
(ii) any county in the county alliance that authorized the creation of the corporation, for a county alliance corporation.
(c) The governing body of a county to which a certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation are delivered under Subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii) shall provide photocopies of the certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation to each other member of the county alliance.
(b) If the secretary of state determines that the restated certificate of formation conforms to law and on receipt of a $25 fee, the secretary of state shall:
(1) endorse the word "Filed" and the date of the filing on each original of the restated certificate of formation;
(2) file one of the original restated certificates of formation in the secretary of state's office;
(3) issue two certificates evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation;
(4) attach to each certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation an original of the restated certificate of formation; and
(5) deliver a certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation to:
(A) the corporation or the corporation's representative; and
(B) the governing body of:
(i) the corporation's authorizing unit; or
(ii) any county in the county alliance that authorized the creation of the corporation, for a county alliance corporation.
(c) The governing body of a county to which a certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation are delivered under Subsection (b)(5)(B)(ii) shall provide photocopies of the certificate evidencing the filing of the restated certificate of formation and the attached restated certificate of formation to each other member of the county alliance.
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