Tex. Est. Code § 1357.055 · Subchapter B. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS
AUTHORIZING AND WITNESSING OF SUPPORTED DECISION-MAKING AGREEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A supported decision-making agreement must be signed voluntarily, without coercion or undue influence, by the adult with a disability and the supporter in the presence of two or more subscribing witnesses or a notary public.
(b) If signed before two witnesses, the attesting witnesses must be at least 14 years of age.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 214 (H.B. 39), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2015.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1224 (S.B. 1881), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.1357.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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