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| 1 | 1 | 82R15772 CLG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Elkins H.B. No. 3244 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3244: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Quintanilla C.S.H.B. No. 3244 | |
| 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to shareholder standing to institute or maintain a | |
| 10 | 10 | derivative proceeding after a merger. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 21.552, Business Organizations Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 21.552. STANDING TO BRING PROCEEDING. [(a)] A | |
| 15 | 15 | shareholder may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding | |
| 16 | 16 | unless: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the shareholder: | |
| 18 | 18 | (A) was a shareholder of the corporation at the | |
| 19 | 19 | time of the act or omission complained of; or | |
| 20 | 20 | (B) became a shareholder by operation of law from | |
| 21 | 21 | a person that was a shareholder at the time of the act or omission | |
| 22 | 22 | complained of; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) the shareholder fairly and adequately represents | |
| 24 | 24 | the interests of the corporation in enforcing the right of the | |
| 25 | 25 | corporation. | |
| 26 | 26 | [(b) To the extent a shareholder of a corporation has | |
| 27 | 27 | standing to institute or maintain a derivative proceeding on behalf | |
| 28 | 28 | of the corporation immediately before a merger, Subchapter J or | |
| 29 | 29 | Chapter 10 may not be construed to limit or terminate the | |
| 30 | 30 | shareholder's standing after the merger.] | |
| 31 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |