{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-4.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 4.053","heading":"CONDITIONS FOR DELAYED EFFECTIVENESS.","body":"(a) The date, or the date and time, at which a filing instrument takes effect is delayed if the instrument clearly and expressly states, in addition to any other required statement or information:\n(1) the specified date, or the specified date and time, at which the instrument takes effect; or\n(2) if the instrument takes effect on or after the occurrence of a future event or fact that may occur:\n(A) the event or fact that will cause the instrument to take effect;\n(B) when the filing instrument is to take effect if the instrument is to take effect after the occurrence of a specified future event or fact; and\n(C) the date of the 90th day after the date the instrument is signed.\n(b) If the effectiveness of a filing instrument is to be delayed as permitted by Section 4.052:\n(1) the effective date may not be later than the 90th day after the date the instrument is signed; and\n(2) the specified time at which the instrument is to take effect may not be specified as \"12:00 a.m.\" or \"12:00 p.m.\"\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 658 (S.B. 1859), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 4. FILINGS","SUBCHAPTER B. WHEN FILINGS TAKE EFFECT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.4.htm#4.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"9e0e29fbc4d9802117857ec7f6b77e5b0639482934e11063fc651d21f544ca65","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-4.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-4.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}