Sec. 228.002. DEFINITION OF AFFILIATE


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  • In this chapter, "affiliate" of another person means:

    (1) a person that is an affiliate for purposes of Section 823.003;

    (2) a person that directly or indirectly:

    (A) beneficially owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of the other person, whether through rights, options, convertible interests, or otherwise; or

    (B) controls or holds power to vote 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of the other person;

    (3) a person 10 percent or more of the outstanding voting securities or other voting or management interests of which are directly or indirectly:

    (A) beneficially owned by the other person, whether through rights, options, convertible interests, or otherwise; or

    (B) controlled or held with power to vote by the other person;

    (4) a partnership in which the other person is a general partner;

    (5) an officer, director, employee, or agent of the other person; or

    (6) an immediate family member of an officer, director, employee, or agent described by Subdivision (5).

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 , Sec. 1B.001, eff. April 1, 2009.