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Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 153.401 (2026)

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Sec. 153.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

(1) "Derivative proceeding" means a civil suit in the right of a domestic limited partnership or, to the extent provided by Section 153.412, in the right of a foreign limited partnership.

(2) "Limited partner" means a person who is a limited partner or is an assignee of a partnership interest, including the partnership interest of a general partner.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 899 (H.B. 3603), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2019.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2012–2024 · leading case: In re Immobiliere Jeuness Establissement, 422 S.W.3d 909 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014).
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In re Immobiliere Jeuness Establissement, 422 S.W.3d 909 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 153.401 (West 2012).”
Wesolek ex rel. Layton Energy Wharton Fund, LP v. Layton, 871 F. Supp. 2d 620 (S.D. Tex. 2012). “Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 153.401. In such a situation “the plaintiff must be a limited partner when the action is brought,” Tex.”
Wesolek v. Layton, 914 F. Supp. 2d 853 (S.D. Tex. 2012). · cites it 2× “Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 153.401 ... In all such actions, “the complaint must contain with particularity: (1) the effort, if any, of the plaintiff to secure initiation of the action by a general partner; or (2) the reasons for not making the effort.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Connie Due Dilick & Matthew Gerard Dilick, No. 14-17-00848-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 22, 2018). · cites it 2× “Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 153.401 (West 2012).”
In re Dilick, 550 S.W.3d 766 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2018). · cites it 2× “Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 153.401 (West 2012).”
John J. Parker Jr. v. Ohio Dev., LLC, No. 04-23-00069-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Apr. 30, 2024). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to TEX. BUS. ORG. CODE § 153.401, it is unlikely the general partner of KCDC, being Mr.”
Clinton W. ("buddy") Pike, Sr. v. Texas Emc Mgmt., LLC, 610 S.W.3d 763 (Tex. 2020). · cites it 2× “7 See TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE §§ 153.401–.413; see also Linegar v.”
DPRS 15th Street, Inc v. Texas Skyline, Ltd. Skyline Interests, LLC, No. 03-11-00101-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 13, 2014). · cites it 2× “001(8) (providing for recovery of attorney’s fees in suit on oral or written contract); Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 153.401, .405. Section 17 In a single sentence in each of sub-issues 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C, Woerner argues in the alternative that even if the payments breached the…”
In re Second Street Props. LLC, No. 14-16-00390-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 22, 2016). “See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 153.401 ; In re Immobiliere 10 Jeuness Establissement, 422 S.”
Kenneth L. Berry v. Dennis W. Berry Marvin G. Berry Allen L. Berry Fb Ranch, LLC, 646 S.W.3d 516 (Tex. 2022). “See TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE § 153.401 et seq. He claims that FB Ranch, the general partner, breached certain duties and that the other non-trustee defendants aided and abetted FB Ranch’s breaches.”
Natin Paul WC 1st & Trinity, LP WC 1st & Trinity, GP, LLC WC 3rd & Cong., LP & WC 3rd & Cong., GP, LLC v. Roy F. & JoAnn Cole Mitte Found., No. 03-21-00502-CV, 2023 WL 1806101 (Tex. App.—Austin Feb. 8, 2023). “See generally Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 153.401–.412. A derivative action is generally “in the right of a domestic limited partnership,” id.”
John J. Parker Jr. v. Ohio Dev., LLC, No. 04-23-00069-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Apr. 30, 2024). “Pursuant to TEX. BUS. ORG. CODE § 153.401, it is unlikely the general partner of KCDC, being Mr.”
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DPRS 15th Street, Inc v. Texas Skyline, Ltd. Skyline Interests, LLC, No. 03-11-00101-CV (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 13, 2014). “001(8) (providing for recovery of attorney’s fees in suit on oral or written contract); Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 153.401, .405. Section 17 In a single sentence in each of sub-issues 1-A, 1-B, and 1-C, Woerner argues in the alternative that even if the payments breached the…”
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