89R13501 SRA-F By: Blanco S.B. No. 2697 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the revival of a filing entity's corporate privileges and the reinstatement of the entity's certificate of formation following certain forfeitures under the Tax Code. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.254, Business Organizations Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 11.254. EFFECT OF REVIVAL AND REINSTATEMENT [OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION] FOLLOWING [TAX] FORFEITURE OF FILING ENTITY UNDER TAX CODE. SECTION 2. Sections 11.254(a) and (b), Business Organizations Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) A filing entity whose corporate privileges are [certificate of formation has been] forfeited under the provisions of the Tax Code for failure to file a report or pay a tax or penalty must follow the procedures in the Tax Code to revive those privileges and, if applicable, reinstate the filing entity's [its] certificate of formation. A filing entity whose privileges are revived and whose certificate of formation is reinstated under the provisions of the Tax Code is considered to have continued in existence without interruption from the date of forfeiture. (b) The revival of a filing entity's corporate privileges or the reinstatement of a filing entity's certificate of formation after its forfeiture has no effect on any issue of the personal liability of the governing persons, officers, or agents of the filing entity during the period between the date the privileges were forfeited and the date the privileges were reinstated [forfeiture and reinstatement of the certificate of formation]. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.