By: Watson S.B. No. 1313
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the names of certain businesses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.053(b), Business Organizations Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the
person for whom the name is reserved or registered, as appropriate,
provides to the secretary of state a notarized written statement of
the entity's or person's consent [consents in writing] to the use of
the similar name.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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