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TEXAS LEGAL INFORMATION
Forming a Corporate--Law and Links
Texas Corporate Code.
Texas Secretary of State, Business Services Home page.
Texas Business Name Search (use to check on corporate name availability by sending email to Secretary of State's office).
Texas Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of Incorporation filing fee: $300
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Selected Texas Corporate Statutes
- Art. 2.05. Corporate Name; Use of Assumed Names
A. The Corporate name shall conform to the following requirements:
- It shall contain the word "corporation," "company," or "incorporated," or shall contain an abbreviation of one of such words, and shall contain such additional words as may be required by law.
- It shall not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is organized for any purpose other than one or more of the purposes contained in its articles of incorporation.
- It shall not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any domestic corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company existing under the laws of this State, or the name of any foreign corporation, non-profit corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company authorized to transact business in this State, or a name the exclusive right to which is, at the time, reserved in the manner provided in this Act or any other statute providing for reservation of names by a limited partnership or limited liability company, or the name of a corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company which has in effect a registration of its company name as provided in this Act or any other applicable law; provided that a name may be similar if written consent is obtained from the existing corporation, limited partnership, or limited liability company having the name deemed to be similar or the person for whom the name deemed to be similar is reserved in the office of the Secretary of State.
- Art. 2.23. Bylaws.
A. The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors.The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.
B. A corporation's board of directors may amend or repeal the corporation's bylaws, or adopt new bylaws, unless: (1) the articles of incorporation or this Act reserves the power exclusively to the shareholders in whole or part; or (2) the shareholders in amending, repealing, or adopting a particular bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors may not amend or repeal that bylaw.
C. Unless the articles of incorporation or a bylaw adopted by the shareholders provides otherwise as to all or some portion of a corporation's bylaws, a corporation's shareholders may amend, repeal, or adopt the corporation's bylaws even though the bylaws may also be amended, repealed, or adopted by its board of directors.
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