Tex. Ins. Code § 961.251 · Subchapter F. BENEFITS PROVIDED BY NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS
APPLICANTS; BENEFIT CERTIFICATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A nonprofit legal services corporation may accept applicants and shall issue a benefit certificate to each applicant that becomes a participant under a legal services contract. Before issuance of the certificate, the applicant must pay the application fee, which does not apply as part of the cost of receiving benefits under the certificate.
(b) On issuance of the benefit certificate, the participant is entitled to the legal services stated in the certificate for the period provided by the certificate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.961.htm
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