Texas Business Organizations Code 101.608 – Governing Authority
(a) Notwithstanding any conflicting provision of the certificate of formation of a limited liability company or the certificate of registered series, the governing authority of a protected series or registered series consists of the managers or members associated with the protected series or registered series as provided in the company agreement.
(b) If the company agreement does not provide for the governing authority of the protected series or registered series, the governing authority of the protected series or registered series consists of:
(1) the managers associated with the protected series or registered series, if the company’s certificate of formation states that the company has one or more managers; or
(2) the members associated with the protected series or registered series, if the company’s certificate of formation does not provide that the company has managers.
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 101.608
- Certificate of formation: means :
(A) the document required to be filed with the filing officer under Chapter 3 to form a filing entity; and
(B) if appropriate, a restated certificate of formation and all amendments of an original or restated certificate of formation. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002 - Governing authority: means a person or group of persons who are entitled to manage and direct the affairs of an entity under this code and the governing documents of the entity, except that if the governing documents of the entity or this code divide the authority to manage and direct the affairs of the entity among different persons or groups of persons according to different matters, "governing authority" means the person or group of persons entitled to manage and direct the affairs of the entity with respect to a matter under the governing documents of the entity or this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Limited liability company: means an entity governed as a limited liability company under Title 3 or 7. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Protected series: means a series of a domestic limited liability company that is established as a protected series in accordance with § 101. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Registered series: means a series of a domestic limited liability company that is formed as a registered series in accordance with § 101. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002