Sec. 5.251.  FAILURE TO DESIGNATE REGISTERED AGENT.  The secretary of state is an agent of an entity for purposes of service of process, notice, or demand on the entity if:
(1)  the entity is a filing entity or a foreign filing entity and:
(A)  the entity fails to appoint or does not maintain a registered agent in this state;  or
(B)  the registered agent of the entity cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the entity;  or
(2)  the entity is a foreign filing entity and:
(A)  the entity's registration to do business under this code is revoked;  or
(B)  the entity transacts business in this state without being registered as required by Chapter 9.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.