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Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 36.12. Material Change In Information; New Certificate

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§ 36.12. MATERIAL CHANGE IN INFORMATION;  NEW 
CERTIFICATE.  (a) Whenever an event occurs that causes the 
information in a certificate filed pursuant to this chapter by a 
person conducting business or rendering a professional service 
under an assumed name in this state to become materially 
misleading, a new certificate complying with Section 36.10 or 
Section 36.11 of this chapter, as the case may be, shall be filed in 
the office of the county clerk and of the Secretary of State, if 
applicable, in which an original or renewal certificate was filed.  
The new certificate shall be filed within 60 days after the 
occurrence of the events which necessitates its filing.
	(b)  An event that causes the information contained in a 
certificate filed under this chapter to become materially 
misleading includes such matters as:
		(1)  a change in the name, identity, entity, form of 
business or professional organization, or location of a registrant;
		(2)  in the case of a proprietorship or sole 
practitioner, a change in ownership;
		(3)  in the case of a partnership, the admission of a 
new partner or joint venturer or whenever any general partner or 
joint venturer ceases to be associated with the partnership;  or
		(4)  in the case of a registrant that is required by law 
to maintain a registered or similar office and a registered or 
similar agent at such office, a change in the address of such office 
or identity of such agent.
	(c)  A new certificate filed under this section shall be 
effective for a term not to exceed 10 years from the date it is 
filed.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1098, ch. 403, § 1, eff. Aug. 
29, 1977.

Last modified: August 10, 2007