Bill Text: TX HB2047 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to service of process at the registered office of certain registered agents.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2047 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2047-Introduced.html

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82R10353 CAE-D
By: Lewis H.B. No. 2047

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to service of process at the registered office of certain
registered agents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.201, Business Organizations Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) If the registered agent is a domestic entity or foreign
entity that is also required to appoint a registered agent, process
may be served by serving an agent or clerk at the registered office
of the registered agent.
SECTION 2. Section 5.201(d), Business Organizations Code,
as added by this Act, applies to all process served on or after the
effective date of this Act, without regard to whether the process
was issued before, on, or after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.