Sec. 21.903. RATIFICATION OF DEFECTIVE CORPORATE ACT; ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS. (a) To ratify one or more defective corporate acts, the board of directors of the corporation shall adopt resolutions stating:
(1) the defective corporate act or acts to be ratified;
(2) the date of each defective corporate act;
(3) if the defective corporate act or acts involved the issuance of putative shares, the number and type of putative shares issued and the date or dates on which the putative shares were purportedly issued;
(4) the nature of the failure of authorization with respect to each defective corporate act to be ratified; and
(5) that the board of directors approves the ratification of the defective corporate act or acts.
(b) A resolution may also state that, notwithstanding shareholder approval of the ratification of a defective corporate act that is a subject of the resolution, the board of directors may, with respect to the defective corporate act, abandon the ratification of the defective corporate act at any time before the validation effective time without further shareholder action.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 32 (S.B. 860), Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 75 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2017.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 21 - For-Profit Corporations
Subchapter R. Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts or Shares; Proceedings
Section 21.902. Ratification of Defective Corporate Act and Putative Shares
Section 21.903. Ratification of Defective Corporate Act; Adoption of Resolutions
Section 21.904. Quorum and Voting Requirements for Adoption of Resolutions
Section 21.905. Shareholder Approval of Ratified Defective Corporate Act Required; Exception
Section 21.907. Shareholder Meeting; Quorum and Voting
Section 21.908. Certificate of Validation
Section 21.909. Adoption of Resolutions; Effect on Defective Corporate Act
Section 21.910. Adoption of Resolutions; Effect on Putative Shares
Section 21.911. Notice to Shareholders Following Ratification of Defective Corporate Act
Section 21.912. Valid Shares or Putative Shares
Section 21.913. Ratification Procedures or Court Proceedings Concerning Validation Not Exclusive
Section 21.914. Proceeding Regarding Validity of Defective Corporate Acts and Shares