If a document filing is abandoned in accordance with a statutory provision for abandonment, the secretary of state:

1. (1) will change the status of all the entities filed with the secretary of state which would have merged out of existence, dissolved, or withdrawn to active on the computer records of the agency and record the filing of the abandonment. If the names of these entities are not available, the entities must file articles of amendment or take other action to change the entity name or bring the name into compliance with applicable statutory provisions as a condition of acceptance of the abandonment;
2. (2) will change the status of all entities that would have been created and filed or authorized to transact business in Texas with the secretary of state by the terms of the document filing to inactive on the computer records of the agency;
3. (3) will change the status of a converted entity that would have been created and filed in Texas with the secretary of state by the terms of the articles of conversion to inactive on the computer records of the agency; and
4. (4) will change the status of a converting domestic entity filed with the secretary of state to active on the computer records of the secretary of state. If the name of the entity is not available, the entity must file articles of amendment or take other action to change the entity name or bring the entity name into compliance with applicable statutory provisions as a condition of acceptance of the abandonment.

Source Note:The provisions of this §79.82 adopted to be effective February 18, 1998, 23 TexReg 1530.