Texas § BO.11.053 - PROPERTY APPLIED TO DISCHARGE LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS

§ BO.11.053. PROPERTY APPLIED TO DISCHARGE LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS

PROPERTY APPLIED TO DISCHARGE LIABILITIES AND OBLIGATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) and the title of this code governing the domestic entity, a domestic entity in the process of winding up shall apply and distribute its property to discharge, or make adequate provision for the discharge of, all of the domestic entity's liabilities and obligations. (b) Except as provided by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, if the property of a domestic entity is not sufficient to discharge all of the domestic entity's liabilities and obligations, the domestic entity shall: (1) apply its property, to the extent possible, to the just and equitable discharge of its liabilities and obligations, including liabilities and obligations owed to owners or members, other than for distributions; or (2) make adequate provision for the application of the property described by Subdivision (1). (c) Except as provided by the title of this code governing the domestic entity, after a domestic entity has discharged, or made adequate provision for the discharge of, all of its liabilities and obligations, the domestic entity shall distribute the remainder of its property, in cash or in kind, to the domestic entity's owners according to their respective rights and interests. (d) A domestic entity may continue its business wholly or partly, including delaying the disposition of property of the domestic entity, for the limited period necessary to avoid unreasonable loss of the entity's property or business. Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.