{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 173.003","heading":"AGREEMENT OR BYLAW PROVISION VALID.","body":"(a) A written agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration at common law is valid and enforceable if the agreement is to arbitrate a controversy that arises between the parties after the date of the agreement.\n(b) A party may revoke the agreement only on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.\n(c) A provision in the bylaws of a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or under Subchapter C, Chapter 23, Business Organizations Code, that requires a member of the corporation to arbitrate at common law a controversy that subsequently arises between members or between the corporation and its members is a valid, enforceable, and irrevocable agreement by a member of the corporation to arbitrate the controversy.\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. 3, 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#173.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"fc107274ba5ebd7c3e5864ca8b588b8ff6a1bc118751a47e32a48fb8aca9bba2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-173.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}