Texas LLC Windup and Termination Law

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Entity Formation, LLC, Startup Law

06 January 2010

TEXAS BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE

TITLE 3. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

CHAPTER 101. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES

SUBCHAPTER L. SUPPLEMENTAL WINDING UP AND TERMINATION PROVISIONS

Sec. 101.551. PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO WIND UP COMPANY.
After an event requiring the winding up of a limited liability company unless a revocation as provided by Section 11.151 or a cancellation as provided by Section 11.152 occurs, the winding up of the company must be carried out by:
(1) the company’s governing authority or one or more persons, including a governing person, designated by the governing authority, the members, or the governing documents;
(2) if the event requiring the winding up of the company is the termination of the continued membership of the last remaining member of the company, the legal representative or successor of the last remaining member or one or more persons designated by the legal representative or successor; or
(3) a person appointed by the court to carry out the winding up of the company under Section 11.054, 11.405, 11.409, or 11.410.

Sec. 101.552. APPROVAL OF VOLUNTARY WINDING UP, REVOCATION, CANCELLATION, OR REINSTATEMENT.
(a) A majority vote of all of the members of a limited liability company or, if the limited liability company has no members, a majority vote of all of the managers of the company is required to approve:
(1) a voluntary winding up of the company under Chapter 11;
(2) a revocation of a voluntary decision to wind up the company under Section 11.151; or
(3) a reinstatement of a terminated company under Section 11.202.
(b) The consent of all of the members of the limited liability company is required to approve a cancellation under Section 11.152 of an event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.051(1) or (3).
(c) An event requiring winding up specified in Section 11.056 may be canceled in accordance with Section 11.152(a) if the legal representative or successor of the last remaining member of the domestic limited liability company agrees to:
(1) cancel the event requiring winding up and continue the company; and
(2) become a member of the company effective as of the date of termination of the membership of the last remaining member of the company, or designate another person who agrees to become a member of the company effective as of the date of the termination.

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