Texas Foreign LLC Fees

[John Lard]

Hi,

I will be investing in rental properties in Texas with an LLC. The LLC is chartered in California and I understand I will need to register it as a foreign-LLC Texas. My review of the website states that the fee is $700(!) to register a foreign LLC and only $300 for a non-foreign LLC. Is this yearly? And, why the $400 difference?

Thanks,

John