Information on the Texas Business Organizations Code
The Texas Business Organizations Code (BOC) codifies the following statutes:
- Texas Business Corporation Act
- Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act
- Texas Professional Corporation Act
- Texas Professional Association Act
- Texas Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act
- Texas Revised Partnership Act
- Texas Revised Limited Partnership Act
- Texas Limited Liability Company Act
- Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act
- Texas Cooperative Association Act
- Texas Uniform Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act
The BOC was enacted in 2003 to be effective on January 1, 2006. The BOC applies to all new Texas corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and other domestic filing entities formed on and after that date. In addition, it applies to all foreign filing entities registering to transact business in Texas on or after that date. With the exception of the filing fee provisions, the BOC does not immediately and automatically apply to domestic entities that were created prior to January 1, 2006, or foreign entities that registered to transact business in this state prior to January 1st. Existing domestic and foreign entities will automatically become subject to the BOC on January 1, 2010, unless those entities elect early adoption of the BOC by filing an early adoption statement with the secretary of state.
- Texas Business Organizations Code
- Revisor’s Report for the BOC
- Texas Business Organizations Code Forms
- BOC Filing Fee schedule
- Business Organizations Code FAQs
Seminar Materials
- SOS Seminar Materials on BOC
- Filings with the Secretary of State Before and After January 1, 2006 (PDF, 273kb)
- Filings Under the New BOC (PDF, 324kb) (Word, 285kb)
- Presentation at Annual Meeting of State Bar (PPS, 591kb)
- Doing Business with the Secretary of State [Presentation at the 2006 Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and LLCs, UTCLE] (PDF, 1.47kb)
- The New Business Code and how it Applies to Nonprofit Corporations (PPS, 554kb)
- Business Organizations Code: A View from the Trenches
(PDF, 352kb) (Word, 291kb) - Business Organizations Code: A View from the Trenches Presentation
(PDF, 436kb) - Doing Business with the Secretary of State [Presentation at the 2007 Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and LLCs, UTCLE]
(Presentation: PDF 264kb) (Paper: 334kb)