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OFFICE OF THE A-ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
i
Honorable ~3dm~dha.m
Secreta
Awilll) %a xae
Dear Sir:
Attention: Kr. 8. 3. Long1
our0 a permit to do
esr in t&e State of
,‘and related watt-s.
Uainfstrations of. thlo depart-
t such oorparat ion8 em not re-
“1, Is a non-profit eduoational~, oharitable,
religious benevolent fore1 aorporatlon, or any
noa-profit foraisn oorpaxat r on, reqalred to eoourb
a permit to do bueineee ia this &ate?
‘2, If suah oorporat ien8 ire ‘retpaired to Be-
wfe a permit, what riling fee should thla deptirt-
5ent request?
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910
tbnorablo Sidney L&ham, ~38 e
“S. If luoh oorporatiorra are required to
seoure a ~p etla l hotid this depetimnt
it, EollbOt
a franohiao tax for their operations In this
State?
“4. If aaah oorp0ratlona are not reqalreb
to secure (I pefndt fro- thla 0rri0e, are auah
oorperatlona aothoris& to Ilo buainarr In thI8
Steta without a permit?*
Art$olq 1589, Vernon~a Annotated Civil Statutes, pro-
rides:
*Any oorporation for peounlary profit, ex-
oept aa hemigdter prevideb, o?ga,aaiwb. or oreate
nndo rthe la wa o ?l4 other Sta ti, o r o f‘a 4ter-
ritorl W the Uslted Statra, 0s any munlolpallt~
ot anoh State 01 territory; or of tiy foraign &oven-
ment, anrerelgnty of muzkiolpalIty, desiring to trena-
got or aolicrlt bwiiaeaa la Tsrar, of to establish a
general or 8peelal oifioe fr thI8 State rhall file
with the Seoretary ot State a duly oerdfled @opt
of its artlalea ai inaorporation; anb thereupea luoh
offisial shall ieaue to *al6 corporation a parrit bp
traneact bualnen in this State ior a period of tea
yeare from the date OS 80 illlly lald artifolor ot
incorporation. It eueh oorporat ion 1 a created too
more 3h.m one purpose8 the petit may be llalte4l to
one or more purpoae8.
It in stated la Hildebrand*a “Texas CorparatIonr,*
v01unI, 4, page 131
lAoeordLn& to Vernon’s Annotated CIvIl atatutaa
Artiale 1889 only foreign oorporatlona for peounlarr
prorlt that tranaaat or wllslt buaineaa Ia Texas am
required to take out a pWalt. A torelgpr aorporatioa
for benotolent , rell&ma, philmthroplo purposes where
the charters provide that all of its revenues except
reasonable expenses will be devoted to one or more aueh
purposes is not organfeed for peouniary prsflt. Suoh a
aorporation doea not @one within the prerialoa oi the
Texas statute, and, therefore, aould reaover 08 a oldr
due It without proving that it obtained a peralt. h
oorporction organiced for the abovo purpose has au-
thorIt to buy land reasonably neaeaeary to further
its oharter power*;*
Xn the oaae of City of Saa AhtonIo. et al v. Salvation
137 3. II. 860, In oonstruing itrtioler 745 d 745 Revised
ta utea, 1695, whloh contained
6-P praatIaa117 the %e la&uage as
hrtlolea 1529 and 16S0, Vernon’s Annotated Clvll Statutes, it was
said i
a* l * The aorporatloa not being organtsed
or operated for &n~ou.niarf profit, but by the terma
0s its inoorporatloa atriotlp prohibited from beIn
wnduated for peeuni~j pmrit, etiolr I46 sad ‘144
have no applloation to it, and it was not required
to obtain a petit to operate and eonduot its ai-
fairs ia Pexaa aa a oandltlon pree8dent fo Its
mebitalning this aatIo&*
titer oarefull~ considering Utiole 1539, rupra It la
apparent that auoh statute applies only to SoraIgn eorporatlona
oreatsd for peaunlary p0rit and a088 not apply to any ncbn-profit
$(rrign eorporatioacr which ate not lnoorporated for paoaniary pro-
.
la view or the rorei5oIng authoritlea, wa reepectfallP
amwer your first quo&ion as stated above In tha aegatlte.
As we have anawered your rirat question in ths negative,
It neoesaarilP follow8 that 70~ aeauad and th.lrd queatfonr require
no answer.
Ia view of whet has heretofore beea said, your fourth
question i8 rospeatrolly answered in the afrlr5ctlve.
- k-dell Nilllema
Aaaiataut
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