Section 10.156 - Acceptance of Certificate for Filing The filing officer may not accept a certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion for filing if:
(1) the filing officer finds that the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not conform to law; or(2) the required franchise taxes have not been paid or the certificate of merger, exchange, or conversion does not provide that one or more of the surviving, new, or acquiring organizations or the converted entity is liable for the payment of the required franchise taxes.Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 10.156
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2006.