Section 12.005 - [Repealed Effective 1/1/2026] Fee Waiver for New Veteran-Owned Business The secretary of state shall waive all fees imposed under Subchapter D, Chapter 4, for an entity that is a new veteran-owned business as defined by Section 171.0005, Tax Code, until the earlier of:
(1) the fifth anniversary of the date on which the entity was formed; or(2) the date the entity ceases to qualify as a new veteran-owned business as defined by Section 171.0005, Tax Code.Tex. Bus. Org. Code § 12.005
Repealed by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 859,Sec. 9, eff. 1/1/2026.Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 859,Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/2022.The changes in law made by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 859 that take effect January 1, 2026, do not apply to a business that first qualifies before that date as a new veteran-owned business as defined by Section 171.0005, Tax Code, as that section exists immediately before that date. A business that first qualifies before January 1, 2026, as a new veteran-owned business is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.