(a) This section applies only to a converting entity that elects to continue its existence in accordance with § 10.1025.
(b) When the conversion of a converting entity to which this section applies takes effect:
(1) notwithstanding § 10.106(1), the converting entity continues to exist both in its current organizational form and jurisdiction of formation and, as the converted entity, in the same organizational form in the new jurisdiction of formation;
(2) the converting entity and the converted entity, for purposes of the laws of this state, constitute a single entity formed, incorporated, created, or otherwise having come into being, as applicable, and existing under the laws of this state and the laws of the applicable non-United States jurisdiction, so long as the entity continues to exist as a domestic entity under the laws of this state following the conversion;
(3) if the converting entity is a domestic entity, this code and the other laws of this state apply to the converted entity to the same extent as the laws applied to the entity before the conversion;
(4) if the converting entity is a non-United States entity, the laws of the applicable non-United States jurisdiction apply to the converted entity to the same extent as the laws applied to the entity before the conversion;
(5) notwithstanding § 10.106(2), all rights, title, and interests in all property owned by the converting entity continue to be owned by the converted entity, subject to any existing liens or other encumbrances on the property, in both the organizational form of the converting entity and the organizational form of the converted entity without:
(A) reversion or impairment;
(B) further act or deed; or
(C) the occurrence of a transfer or assignment; and
(6) notwithstanding § 10.106(3), all liabilities and obligations of the converting entity remain the liabilities and obligations of the converted entity in both the organizational form of the converting entity and the organizational form of the converted entity without impairment or diminution because of the conversion.

Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 10.109

  • Conversion: means :
    (A) the continuance of a domestic entity as a non-code organization of any type;
    (B) the continuance of a non-code organization as a domestic entity of any type;
    (C) the continuance of a domestic entity of one type as a domestic entity of another type;
    (D) the continuance of a domestic entity of one type as a foreign entity of the same type that may be treated as a domestication, continuance, or transfer transaction under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign entity; or
    (E) the continuance of a foreign entity of one type as a domestic entity of the same type that may be treated as a domestication, continuance, or transfer transaction under the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Converted entity: means an organization resulting from a conversion. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Converting entity: means an organization as the organization existed before the organization's conversion. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, that the entity is formed under this code or the entity's internal affairs are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Domestic entity: means an organization formed under or the internal affairs of which are governed by this code. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Entity: means a domestic entity or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisdiction of formation: means :
    (A) in the case of a domestic filing entity, this state;
    (B) in the case of a foreign entity for which a certificate of formation or similar organizational instrument is filed in connection with its formation, the jurisdiction in which the entity's certificate of formation or similar organizational instrument is filed; or
    (C) in the case of a domestic nonfiling entity or a foreign entity for which a certificate of formation or similar organizational instrument is not filed in connection with its formation:
    (i) the jurisdiction the laws of which are chosen in the entity's governing documents to govern its internal affairs if that jurisdiction bears a reasonable relation to the owners or members or to the entity's business and affairs under the principles of this state that otherwise would apply to a contract among the owners or members; or
    (ii) if Subparagraph (i) does not apply, the jurisdiction in which the entity has its chief executive office. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Property: includes tangible and intangible property and an interest in that property. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
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