Texas Business Organizations Code

§ 402.0051 — EFFECT OF REFERENCES TO PRIOR LAW AND USE OF SYNONYMOUS TERMS

BO § 402.0051Title 8. MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS · Ch. 402. MISCELLANEOUS AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS

Statute text

(a)A governing document or a filing instrument, including a certificate of formation or application for registration, is not considered to have failed to conform to this code if the governing document or filing instrument:

(1)contains a reference to prior law that was applicable at the time of its filing or adoption;

(2)contains a provision that was authorized by prior law at the time of its filing or adoption;

(3)includes a term or phrase described by Section 1.006; or

(4)includes a term or phrase from prior law that is different from the corresponding term or phrase used in this code.

(b)A reference in a governing document or filing instrument to a statute or provision of a statute in effect before January 1, 2010, that was repealed by this code is considered to be a reference to the provision or provisions of this code that correspond to the repealed statute or provision unless the governing document or filing instrument expressly provides otherwise.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 139 (S.B. 748), Sec. 62, eff. September 1, 2011.