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Business Organizations Code revisor's report, part 4

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liability company and its members, managers,<br />

and officers.<br />

. . .<br />

C. For purposes of the application of<br />

the articles of the TBCA and the Texas<br />

Miscellaneous Corporation Laws Act as<br />

provided by Sections A and B of this Article,<br />

as context requires:<br />

(1) a reference to a corporation<br />

includes a limited liability company;<br />

(2) a reference to a share<br />

includes a membership interest;<br />

(3) a reference to a shareholder<br />

includes a member;<br />

(4) a reference to a director<br />

includes a manager or, to the extent that the<br />

management of the limited liability company<br />

is reserved in whole or in <strong>part</strong> to the<br />

members, a member who manages the limited<br />

liability company;<br />

(5) a reference to articles of<br />

incorporation includes articles of<br />

organization; and<br />

(6) a reference to bylaws includes<br />

regulations.<br />

[TBCA 5.14]<br />

A. Certain Definitions. For purposes<br />

of this Article:<br />

(1) "Derivative proceeding" means<br />

a civil suit in the right of a domestic<br />

corporation or, to the extent provided in<br />

Section K of this Article, in the right of a<br />

foreign corporation.<br />

(2) "Shareholder" includes a<br />

beneficial owner whose shares are held in a<br />

voting trust or by a nominee on the<br />

beneficial owner's behalf.<br />

Revisor's Note<br />

The revised law incorporates the<br />

provisions of the Texas <strong>Business</strong> Corporation<br />

Act referred to in Article 8.12.A, Texas<br />

Limited Liability Company Act, and tailors<br />

them to apply to limited liability companies.<br />

No substantive change is intended.<br />

Revised Law<br />

Sec. 101.452. STANDING TO BRING PROCEEDING. A member may

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