(a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this State subject, however, to the right of the State to revoke the certificate as provided in this title.

(b) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same rights and enjoys the same privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by this title is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.

(c) Except as provided in subsection 11.07(a) of this title, this title does not authorize this State to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.)