{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 173.002","heading":"SCOPE OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) This chapter applies only to the arbitration of a controversy between members of an association or corporation or between a corporation and its members if the association or corporation is:\n(1) exempt from the payment of federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of the code; or\n(2) incorporated under:\n(A) the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or\n(B) Subchapter C, Chapter 23, Business Organizations Code.\n(b) This chapter does not apply to the arbitration of a controversy between:\n(1) members of:\n(A) a property owners' association, as defined by Section 209.002, Property Code;\n(B) a condominium council of owners, as defined by Section 81.002, Property Code; or\n(C) a condominium unit owners' association organized under Section 82.101, Property Code; or\n(2) an association or council of owners described by Subdivision (1) and a member of that association or council of owners.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 750 (H.B. 3949), Sec. 2, eff. June 12, 2023.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 7. ALTERNATE METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION","CHAPTER 173. ARBITRATION OF CERTAIN CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING MEMBERS OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT ENTITIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.173.htm#173.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"4409d3ad6d7c2111e328536efb79579caa347721b22330a9bf072b1995e4622d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}