Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1957 )

Auerer IS. - Fobmary 17, 1958 ?Ion. go1110 8tmklej Oplon No. W-191-A hcrbtrry of State : Whether a foreign corporation Aurtln, Texas tbat lr a llmlted wrtner aurt take cuta im1t to do r bUalneBB in th0 tat0 if the limited .partnorahlp ongage in oertrln limited rctlvltIe8 in the btBte$ 8td related quertlon, Dear Hr. btoaklef: 0th prevloua ‘Oplnlon No. WU-191 ~- is MtMravn ind thd .SollaVlng 18 eubrtlfuted in lieu tnereorr Yar have rtited and asked tho.followlng~ . %e opinion of aw’ bfflie is reapectfullP requested In conaldera t Ion of the follovlng: .. . . . “A llmltad partnership if being famed on the brrlr of Artlole 6132~ of Vernonfs Civil - ~t$utw to be knovn 88 Vetwolano Pet~laum, . The partnership iu being formed to ac- quire an undlvlded interert in certain hydx+ ombon ooncetslonr granted by the Replbllo of Vmmuola md to oin in the exploration and dwelopment of 08 JQ oonce118lon8, and it vi11 not engago ln lP actlvltier except ruch ar relate to It8 properltlm in Venezuol8. San Jaclnto Venetolano, C. A., a Delduarr corpor- ation qunllflsb in Texas and reglrterul in Vanrnrela, vi11 be role general partner and the llmltad partnerr vi11 canalat of a grcup of mmonr, some of vhom are lndlvldualo,’ aou prrtnrrrhipr and ~8omecorporatlonr. The vhlch the Oeneral- Partner may prrtnbrshlp. in Texar will be en4 rbcordr 0i branBaC- tlom crrrlul out in Venetuela, the flllng of l Unltod Stats~.‘Inoome Tax Return (Form 1065), the lx o r c leoof genrrel au ervlrlon over oper- ating pOraOn?M ln Venszue Pa and pO8Blbl~ ln 8ome Instancrr the negotlatlon of contr8ctr to be performed In Venemmla. Bon. Zollle 8te6klm7, page 2 W-191-A "The queatlmn prQaQnta6w&er the submlttd fact8 an: "1. Vlll l corporate 11alltea rtner bo required to take out e permit to do IFi8lnerr if the pertnarship engage8 in no other lctlvltlo8 thn thoes 8tetad lbwe? “2. 18 a pnrtnerahlp regarded 88 l ‘p a r o n* vlthln the meaning o? Section 2 of the Texer Onliorm Partnerahlp Act, entltld to become a partner either lnltlelly or by aubatltutlon?" VQ anuvQr Pam firat question er tollova: A foreign corporation vhlch become8 a lialte6 pert- nor in a Texas limited partnsrahlp and contrlbutQ8 oapltel to the pertnirahlp %8 fnnrectlng bualnQ88 in the 8tato 80 l8 to requ%ro quellflcatlon in the State if the ecfa a? tha pkrtner- skip vould conxtltuta tranaactlng bu8lners In fhQ btifr l? done he ectlone o? the foralgn near' in the atate. w 245 67 8.Y. 8111 '114 418. 66, 8g #.W. . ) 8500 Vol. 17, p. 553. The extent to vhlch the iorelgn corpora~lon 18 trene-' rctlng bualnass in the 8tatQ lx .to be meesuretl by it8 oepZte1 The quee``lonvhethk ‘keiieln acts oOnatl$.te thQ trana- acting of bualnera in the.gtitQ la mainly e que8tlon of fact. All Xha combined lctr OS'the fo r eig cno +p o r a tlo in thla lnbn, lnrtancs- tha ectr o? thQ limitad part gene.ral partner mot be conaldered. I Texas Sup. Ct. (PSI’BI. .Ecd.) SQC. 6 . It 18 8lgnl?lcent that l? thQ llmlta8 pertnQrahlp vba not trensactlng bualnQs8 in the State, tharQ vcruld not seem to be any reamon for ths limitad partnerahlp to rdglater vlth the Secretary of State. Amthor, it la n&d that the raqulnment .o? ArtlclQ 8.01 of the Texas Bual'nea'e Corporation Act fa "to -Non. 201110 btaakley,pegr 3 W-191-A EUalne88 COrpOX%tlm Act pUta 8t rQBt &%n$ old iBSU(IB, 6Qctlon A of Article 8.01 lnvokQ8 the requlremantof procuringa OQC- tlflcateof authoritymore rtrlctlPand based o n leas lotlvlty or fever acts or OCCUrrencQBthan the old IvtquirQmQntB of Vhat COnBtitUtQd ‘doing bUBin4JSB: The enavar to your flrat quaatlon la q’JQB”. We do not bellwQ It ID nQcQrrarPto lM ver y o ur aQcond question,aa Qn ansver theretovould in no v&P aid tha ~Sacretaryof Stats in the dlrchargeof thQ dutl'ar of hla office. This 18 80, bQC8UBQ vhen the dOCW&Qntdascrlbsdin VQrnOn'B Revised Civil Statutes,Art. 61328, Sec. 3, ID preaentQdto.the Secret&y of State for filing, togethervlth thr ?%llng Soa of $25.00, it ID tha duty of thQ SQcrataryof Statato file it. An edjudlcetlon ,o?vhether the parties to tha documentvho P.lr- port $9 become llmltetl partnsrado or do not become1lmltQd . partnersvould hove to be made by a court # thlr adjudlc8tlon la not for thQ Secratary0T Stata. SUNNARY A ioralgncorporetlonwhich ha 8ntarQd llitoa Texar limitad partnerahlpaa a llmltad . partnermart take out a certl?lcetQof euthor- lty to transactbuBlnQaB in this StetQ I? tha . action8 o? the partnershipor of the foreign corporationconatltutetha transactingoi bus- lnear In the State under ArtlclQ 8.01 o?.tha Texas Furlnas8CorporationAct, if done dlractlf or alone by the foreign corporation. The act8 dQscrlbedin thi8 PQqUQBt d0 COlWtitUtQ t=S- 'actingbualnesain the State. We do not find it necersa~ to anaver the aboond queatlon oaked. OP5:jasIVC APPROVB) : OPINIONCO-: By a/Oeo~e P. Bieckburn ~,M.‘Dathrln, Chairnun OQO~O ?. Blackburn John Mlnton, Jr. ASBlStW& J. Y. Wheolar m FON '1RtATI'GRNNY OP(WAL 6Y: U. V. 0rppox-t