Texas Business Organizations Code 21.917 – Statute of Limitations
(a) This section does not apply to:
(1) an action asserting that a ratification was not accomplished in accordance with this subchapter; or
(2) any person to whom notice of the ratification was not given as required by Sections 21.906 and 21.911.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter:
(1) an action claiming that a defective corporate act or putative shares are void or voidable due to a failure of authorization identified in the resolutions adopted in accordance with § 21.903 may not be filed in or must be dismissed by any court after the applicable validation effective time; and
(2) an action claiming that a court of appropriate jurisdiction, in its discretion, should declare that a ratification in accordance with this subchapter not take effect or that the ratification take effect only on certain conditions may not be filed with the court after the expiration of the 120th day after the later of the validation effective time or the time that any notice required to be given under § 21.911 is given with respect to the ratification.
Terms Used In Texas Business Organizations Code 21.917
- 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.
- Corporation: means an entity governed as a corporation under Title 2 or 7. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- Governing documents: means :
(A) in the case of a domestic entity:
(i) the certificate of formation for a domestic filing entity or the document or agreement under which a domestic nonfiling entity is formed; and
(ii) the other documents or agreements adopted by the entity under this code to govern the formation or the internal affairs of the entity; or
(B) in the case of a foreign entity, the instruments, documents, or agreements adopted under the law of its jurisdiction of formation to govern the formation or the internal affairs of the 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.
- Person: means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, trust, association, or other organization, estate, government or governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal entity, or a protected series or registered series of a domestic limited liability company or foreign entity. See Texas Business Organizations Code 1.002
- United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Except as otherwise provided by a corporation‘s governing documents, for purposes of this section, notice under § 21.911 that is:
(1) mailed is considered to be given on the date the notice is deposited in the United States mail with postage paid in an envelope addressed to the holder at the holder’s address appearing or most recently appearing, as appropriate, in the records of the corporation; and
(2) transmitted by facsimile or electronic message is considered to be given when the facsimile or electronic message is transmitted to a facsimile number or an electronic message address provided by the holder, or to which the holder consents, for the purpose of receiving notice.