Texas § 961.051 FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION; NONPROFIT STATUS REQUIRED.

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§ 961.051 — FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION; NONPROFIT STATUS REQUIRED.

Texas § 961.051

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 961.051 (2026).

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Sec. 961.051. FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION; NONPROFIT STATUS REQUIRED.

(a)Seven or more persons may file with the secretary of state a certificate of formation in accordance with Title 1, Business Organizations Code, to form a nonprofit legal services corporation. (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a nonprofit legal services corporation that on or before September 1, 2019, was organized under the former Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or was formed under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008 , Business Organizations Code, is a nonprofit legal services corporation for purposes of this chapter.

(b)A nonprofit legal services corporation must be governed and operated as a nonprofit organization.

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Sec. 961.051. FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION; NONPROFIT STATUS REQUIRED. (a) Seven or more persons may file with the secretary of state a certificate of formation in accordance with Title 1, Business Organizations Code, to form a nonprofit legal services corporation.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a nonprofit legal services corporation that on or before September 1, 2019, was organized under the former Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or was formed under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008 , Business Organizations Code, is a nonprofit legal services corporation for purposes of this chapter.
(b) A nonprofit legal services corporation must be governed and operated as a nonprofit organization.
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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (S.B. 1623 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (S.B. 1623 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.