GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Business Organizations Code § 21.171: OUTSTANDING OR TREASURY SHARES.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 2. CORPORATIONS
  3. CHAPTER 21. FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS
  4. SUBCHAPTER D. SHARES, OPTIONS, AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

(a) Shares that are issued are outstanding shares unless the shares are treasury shares or are canceled.

(b) If there are outstanding shares, one or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one or more shares that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation on the winding up and termination of the corporation must be outstanding shares.

(c) Treasury shares are considered to be issued shares and not outstanding shares.

(d) Treasury shares may not be included in the total assets of a corporation for purposes of determining the net assets of a corporation.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1442), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2009.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:46:58Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection