{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-961.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 961.001","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this chapter:\n(1) \"Applicant\" means a person applying for a contract for legal services to be performed through a nonprofit legal services corporation.\n(2) \"Benefit certificate\" means a document issued to a participant that states the benefits and other required matters under a group contract for legal services or an individual contract for legal services issued to a participant.\n(3) \"Contracting attorney\" means an attorney who has entered into a contract under Section 961.301.\n(4) \"Nonprofit legal services corporation\" means a corporation created for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit legal services plan under which the corporation contracts for and obtains legal services for participants through contracting attorneys in consideration of each participant's payment of a definite amount to fund the payment of the contracting attorneys' fees.\n(5) \"Participant\" means a person entitled to performance of legal services under contract with a nonprofit legal services corporation.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE H. OTHER ENTITIES","CHAPTER 961. NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.961.htm#961.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"779bdb827a801f507ffbf6e522cb3b6a334fe250fd9b943860f4fe0c62d9ff48","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-942.203","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-961.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}