H.B. No. 2047
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) A registered agent that is an organization must have an
employee available at the registered office during normal business
hours to receive service of process, notice, or demand. Any
employee of the organization may receive service at the registered
office.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2047 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2047 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor