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Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) The secretary of state may revoke the registration of a foreign limited liability partnership for the partnership's failure to:
(1) file a report within the period required by law or pay a fee or penalty prescribed by law when due and payable;
(2) maintain a registered agent or registered office address in this state as required by law; or
(3) pay a fee required in connection with a filing, or payment of the fee was dishonored when presented by the state for payment.
(b) If it appears to the secretary of state that, with respect to a foreign limited liability partnership, a circumstance described by Subsection (a) exists, the secretary of state shall provide notice to the partnership in the same manner and to the same extent as notice is required to be provided to a foreign filing entity under Sections 9.101 and 9.102.
(c) The secretary of state shall reinstate the registration of a foreign limited liability partnership if the partnership files an application for reinstatement in accordance with Subsection (e), accompanied by each amendment of the partnership's registration that is required by intervening events, and:
(1) the foreign limited liability partnership has corrected the circumstances that led to the revocation and any other circumstances described by Subsection (a) that may exist, including the payment of fees, interest, or penalties; or
(2) the secretary of state finds that the circumstances that led to the revocation did not exist at the time of revocation.
(d) A foreign limited liability partnership, to have its registration reinstated, must comply with the requirements of this section not later than the date the registration would have expired under Section 152.905(e) had the registration not been revoked under this section.
(e) The foreign limited liability partnership shall file a certificate of reinstatement in accordance with Chapter 4. The certificate of reinstatement must contain:
(1) the name of the partnership;
(2) the filing number assigned by the filing officer to the partnership;
(3) the effective date of the revocation of the partnership's registration; and
(4) the name of the partnership's registered agent and the address of the partnership's registered office.
(f) A tax clearance letter from the comptroller stating that a foreign limited liability partnership has satisfied all franchise tax liabilities and may be reinstated must be filed with the certificate of reinstatement if the foreign limited liability partnership is a taxable entity under Chapter 171, Tax Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Business Organizations Code - BUS ORG § 152.914. Revocation of Registration by Secretary of State - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/business-organizations-code/bus-org-sect-152-914/
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