{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-83.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 83.002","heading":"EXPENSES.","body":"This chapter does not prevent an attorney from paying secretarial, paralegal, or other ordinary and reasonable expenses necessarily and actually incurred by the attorney for the preparation of legal instruments.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.43(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE G. ATTORNEYS","CHAPTER 83. CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.83.htm#83.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6678336363c12214a3cf4782801a3e1f4de94461a23f1fe7fa359484019bc53f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-83.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-83.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}