{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-961.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 961.051","heading":"FILING OF CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION; NONPROFIT STATUS REQUIRED.","body":"(a) Seven or more persons may file with the secretary of state a certificate of formation in accordance with Title 1, Business Organizations Code, to form a nonprofit legal services corporation.\n(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a nonprofit legal services corporation that on or before September 1, 2019, was organized under the former Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) or was formed under the Texas Nonprofit Corporation Law, as described by Section 1.008, Business Organizations Code, is a nonprofit legal services corporation for purposes of this chapter.\n(b) A nonprofit legal services corporation must be governed and operated as a nonprofit organization.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (S.B. 1623), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 643 (S.B. 1623), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE H. OTHER ENTITIES","CHAPTER 961. NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.961.htm#961.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"f59177373b5509689e4d7d5a46e10198c44a60e66cfa4615d126acc23e62e754","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-961.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-961.152"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}