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2009 SESSION
HB 2434 Corporations; allows certain to be represented by an officer before general district courts.
Introduced by: William R. Janis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Certain corporations; pro se representation. Allows a corporation, the stock of which is held by no more than five persons and is not publicly offered or planned to be publicly offered, to be represented by an officer pro se before the general district courts if (i) the amount in controversy is $2,500 or less, and (ii) the officer has the unanimous consent of all the shareholders to do so.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090411568 pdf
- 02/06/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090324568-H1 pdf
- 03/09/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2434ER) pdf
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/09 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090411568
- 01/14/09 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/09 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/02/09 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)
- 02/06/09 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/09 House: Committee substitute printed 090324568-H1
- 02/08/09 House: Read first time
- 02/09/09 House: Read second time
- 02/09/09 House: Committee substitute agreed to 090324568-H1
- 02/09/09 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2434H1
- 02/10/09 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/10/09 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/09 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/09 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/13/09 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/23/09 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/09 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/09 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/09 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/25/09 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/25/09 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/25/09 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/26/09 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/09 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/09 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/09 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2434ER)
- 03/10/09 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/09 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/30/09 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/09)
- 03/30/09 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)