Tex. Penal Code § 7.21
This is the official text of Tex. Penal Code § 7.21, part of Texas’s Penal Code — defines crimes and punishments in Texas.
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§ 7.21. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Agent" means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.
(1-a) "Business entity" means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.
(2) "High managerial agent" means:
(A) a partner in a partnership;
(B) an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;
(C) an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent's conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.
(1) "Agent" means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.
(1-a) "Business entity" means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.
(2) "High managerial agent" means:
(A) a partner in a partnership;
(B) an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;
(C) an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent's conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.
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