Texas Business Organizations Code 12.001 – Authority of Secretary of State
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(a) The secretary of state may adopt procedural rules for the filing of instruments, including the filing of instruments by electronic or other means, authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under this code.
(b) The secretary of state has the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable the secretary to perform the duties imposed on the secretary under this code.
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 12.001
- Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Real estate investment trust: means an entity governed as a real estate investment trust under Title 5. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Secretary: means the:
(A) individual designated as secretary of an entity under the entity's governing documents; or
(B) officer or committee of persons authorized to perform the functions of secretary of an entity without regard to the designated name of the officer or committee. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
(c) The secretary of state, on acceptance of the filing of an instrument authorized to be filed with the secretary of state under this code, may issue:
(1) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument;
(2) a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument; or
(3) a certificate that evidences the filing of the instrument and a letter that acknowledges the filing of the instrument.
(d) This section and Sections 12.003 and 12.004 do not apply to a domestic real estate investment trust.