{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 56.053","heading":"ENFORCEMENT OF CLAUSE PROHIBITED IF EXISTENCE OF SHAM RELATIONSHIP.","body":"A contingent payor or its surety may not enforce a contingent payment clause if the contingent payor is in a sham relationship with the obligor, as described by the sham relationships in Section 53.026, Property Code.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.001(a), eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 4. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND AGREEMENTS","CHAPTER 56. AGREEMENT FOR PAYMENT OF CONSTRUCTION SUBCONTRACTOR","SUBCHAPTER B. CONTINGENT PAYMENT CLAUSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.56.htm#56.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"2096a6354898559d779a37592208ead9dee4013ffe5f78bab85323734eb47c70","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-56.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}