CS/HB 1657: Mergers/Businesses or Corporations
GENERAL BILL by Financial Services ; Kosmas
Mergers/Businesses or Corporations; removes time limitation on voting trusts; provides for mergers of domestic corporations & other business entities, for mergers of limited liability companies, & mergers of domestic limited partnerships under certain circumstances; requires plan of merger, criteria, action on plan of merger, procedures, articles of merger, & effects of merger, etc. Amends Chs. 607, 608,620.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died pending Consent Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare bill passed refer to SB 704 (Ch. 98-101)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/1998 House - Died pending Consent Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare bill passed refer to SB 704 (Ch. 98-101)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/21/1997 | House |
• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00303 |
| 4/1/1997 | House |
• Referred to Financial Services (EIC); Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); General Government Appropriations -HJ 00371 |
| 5/2/1997 | House |
• Carried over to 1998 Session pursuant to House Rule 96, In House Committee on Financial Services (EIC), Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed refer to HB 1245 (Ch. 97-230) |
| 2/26/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Financial Services (EIC), 03/04/98, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 3/3/1998 | House |
• CARRIED OVER; Referred to Financial Services (EIC); Civil Justice & Claims (JC); Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); Finance & Taxation (FRC); General Government Appropriations; On Committee agenda-- Financial Services (EIC), 03/04/98, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily deferred |
| 3/4/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Financial Services (EIC), 03/10/98, 9:00 am, Morris Hall --Meeting Cancelled |
| 3/5/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Financial Services (EIC), 03/11/98, 1:30 pm, 413C |
| 3/11/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously CS by Financial Services (EIC) -HJ 00307 |
| 3/20/1998 | House |
• CS read first time on 03/20/98 -HJ 00302; Now in Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00307 |
| 3/24/1998 | House |
• Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00314; Now in Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC), 03/30/98, 3:45 pm, 314-HOB |
| 3/30/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable by Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC) -HJ 00436 |
| 4/1/1998 | House |
• Now in Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00436 |
| 4/2/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Finance & Taxation (FRC), 04/08/98, 1:00 pm, Morris Hall --Meeting cancelled |
| 4/8/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Finance & Taxation (FRC), 04/14/98, 3:45 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/15/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action: Unanimously Favorable with 2 amendment(s) by Finance & Taxation (FRC) -HJ 00690 |
| 4/16/1998 | House |
• Now in General Government Appropriations -HJ 00690 |
| 4/22/1998 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- General Government Appropriations, 04/23/98, 4:30 pm, 214C |
| 4/23/1998 | House |
• Comm. Action:-Unanimously Favorable by General Government Appropriations -HJ 01367 |
| 4/24/1998 | House |
• Pending Consent Calendar -HJ 01367 |
| 5/1/1998 | House |
• Died pending Consent Calendar, Iden./Sim./Compare bill passed refer to SB 704 (Ch. 98-101) |