Texas Business Organizations Code 4.155 – Filing Fees: Limited Partnerships
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 4.155
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Business: means a trade, occupation, profession, or other commercial activity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- 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 - Foreign: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under, and the entity's internal affairs are governed by, the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- General partnership: means a partnership governed as a general partnership under Chapter 152. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Limited liability partnership: means a partnership governed as a limited liability partnership under Title 4. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Limited partnership: means a partnership that is governed as a limited partnership under Title 4 and that has one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Partnership: means an entity governed as a partnership under Title 4. 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
For a filing by or for a limited partnership, the secretary of state shall impose the following fees:
(1) for filing a certificate of formation or an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, $750;
(2) for filing a certificate of amendment or an amendment of registration of a foreign limited partnership, $150;
(3) for filing a restated certificate of formation, $300;
(4) for filing a statement for change of registered office, registered agent, or both, $15;
(5) for filing a statement of change of name or address of a registered agent, $15, except that the maximum fee for simultaneous filings by a registered agent for more than one limited partnership may not exceed $750;
(6) for filing a certificate of termination, $40;
(7) for filing a certificate of withdrawal of a foreign limited partnership, $15;
(8) for filing a certificate of reinstatement of a limited partnership or registration as a foreign limited partnership after involuntary termination or revocation under Chapter 11 or Chapter 9, $75;
(9) for filing a periodic report required under Chapter 153, $50;
(10) for reviving a limited partnership’s right to transact business under Chapter 153, $50 plus a late fee in an amount equal to the lesser of:
(A) $25 for each month or part of a month that elapses after the date of the notice of forfeiture; or
(B) $100;
(11) for reinstatement of a certificate of formation or registration under Chapter 153, $50 plus a late fee of $100 and a reinstatement fee of $75;
(12) for filing any document required or permitted to be filed for a limited liability partnership, the secretary of state shall impose the same fee as the filing fee for a general partnership under § 4.158. For purposes of calculation of the filing fee, all references to partners in § 4.158 as applied to limited partnerships mean general partners only; and
(13) for filing any instrument as provided by this code for which this section does not expressly provide a fee, $15.