{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-6.251","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business Organizations Code § 6.251","heading":"VOTING TRUSTS.","body":"(a) Except as provided by this code or the governing documents, any number of owners of a domestic entity may enter into a written voting trust agreement to confer on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise represent ownership or membership interests of the domestic entity.\n(b) An ownership or membership interest that is the subject of a voting trust agreement described by Subsection (a) shall be transferred to the trustee named in the agreement for purposes of the agreement.\n(c) A copy of a voting trust agreement described by Subsection (a) shall be deposited with the domestic entity at the domestic entity's principal executive office or registered office and is subject to examination by:\n(1) an owner, whether in person or by the owner's agent or attorney, in the same manner as the owner is entitled to examine the books and records of the domestic entity; and\n(2) a holder of a beneficial interest in the voting trust, whether in person or by the holder's agent or attorney, at any reasonable time for any proper purpose.\nActs 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 688 (H.B. 1737), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 6. MEETINGS AND VOTING FOR DOMESTIC ENTITIES","SUBCHAPTER F. VOTING TRUSTS AND VOTING AGREEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BO/htm/BO.6.htm#6.251","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:58Z","sha256":"8b2ead72fe0beef92466787df11f75faf243422e94c4c7053531cad69d8a1d88","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-6.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-organizations-code-6.252"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}