{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-408.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 408.202","heading":"ASSIGNABILITY OF BENEFITS.","body":"Benefits are not assignable, except a legal beneficiary may, with the commissioner's approval, assign the right to death benefits.\nActs 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.131, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 408. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS","SUBCHAPTER K. PROTECTION OF RIGHTS TO BENEFITS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.408.htm#408.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"e9381a5f58b49db153b21be32f9f2f7111b537a1d79dfdd887ee1df688b7c9a5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-408.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-408.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}