- (a) The registration of a foreign entity is effective when the application filed under Chapter 4 takes effect. The registration remains in effect until the registration terminates, is withdrawn, or is revoked.
- (b) Except in a proceeding to revoke the registration, the secretary of state's issuance of an acknowledgment that the entity has filed an application is conclusive evidence of the authority of the foreign filing entity to transact business in this state under the entity's name or under another name stated in the application, in accordance with Section 9.004(b)(1).
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.