Tennessee Code 7-90-106 – Filing of charter
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-90-106
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- State: means the state of Tennessee and, unless otherwise indicated by the context, any agency, authority, branch, bureau, commission, corporation, department or instrumentality of the state, now or hereafter existing. See Tennessee Code 7-90-103
The secretary of state shall examine the charter and, if the secretary of state finds that the necessary information is contained in the charter and that the name is distinguishable from that of any other authority already in existence in this state, the secretary of state shall file the charter. Upon such filing, the charter shall be effective and the authority shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the charter.