Sec. 9.103. REINSTATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE AFTER REVOCATION. (a) The secretary of state shall reinstate the registration of an entity that has been revoked under this subchapter if the entity files an application for reinstatement in accordance with Section 9.104, accompanied by each amendment to the entity's registration that is required by intervening events, including circumstances requiring an amendment to the name of the entity or the name under which the entity is registered to transact business in this state as described in Section 9.105, and:
(1) the entity has corrected the circumstances that led to the revocation and any other circumstances that may exist of the types described by Section 9.101(b), including the payment of fees, interest, or penalties; or
(2) the secretary of state finds that the circumstances that led to the revocation did not exist at the time of revocation.
(b) If a foreign filing entity's registration is reinstated before the third anniversary of the revocation, the entity is considered to have been registered or in existence at all times during the period of revocation.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.