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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



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3/24/1998 House • Withdrawn from Civil Justice & Claims (JC) -HJ 00314; Now in Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC); On Committee agenda-- Governmental Rules & Regulations (GRC),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)