Tex. Property Code § 113.016
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 113.016, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 113.016. MANAGEMENT OF SECURITIES.
Official statutory text
A trustee may:
(1) pay calls, assessments, or other charges against or because of securities or other investments held by the trust;
(2) sell or exercise stock subscription or conversion rights;
(3) vote corporate stock, general or limited partnership interests, or other securities in person or by general or limited proxy;
(4) consent directly or through a committee or other agent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, or liquidation of a corporation or other business enterprise; and
(5) participate in voting trusts and deposit stocks, bonds, or other securities with any protective or other committee formed by or at the instance of persons holding similar securities, under such terms and conditions respecting the deposit thereof as the trustee may approve; sell any stock or other securities obtained by conversion, reorganization, consolidation, merger, liquidation, or the exercise of subscription rights free of any restrictions upon sale otherwise contained in the trust instrument relative to the securities originally held; assent to corporate sales, leases, encumbrances, and other transactions.
(1) pay calls, assessments, or other charges against or because of securities or other investments held by the trust;
(2) sell or exercise stock subscription or conversion rights;
(3) vote corporate stock, general or limited partnership interests, or other securities in person or by general or limited proxy;
(4) consent directly or through a committee or other agent to the reorganization, consolidation, merger, dissolution, or liquidation of a corporation or other business enterprise; and
(5) participate in voting trusts and deposit stocks, bonds, or other securities with any protective or other committee formed by or at the instance of persons holding similar securities, under such terms and conditions respecting the deposit thereof as the trustee may approve; sell any stock or other securities obtained by conversion, reorganization, consolidation, merger, liquidation, or the exercise of subscription rights free of any restrictions upon sale otherwise contained in the trust instrument relative to the securities originally held; assent to corporate sales, leases, encumbrances, and other transactions.
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