{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-82.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 82.002","heading":"DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY.","body":"(a) A payment or refund made by an employer or trustee under a written employee benefit plan to a person described by Subsection (b) fully discharges the employer or trustee from all adverse claims against the payment or refund unless, before making the payment, the employer or trustee receives a notice that some other person claims to be entitled to all or part of the payment or refund.\n(b) Subsection (a) applies to a payment to:\n(1) an employee;\n(2) a former employee;\n(3) an employee's or former employee's beneficiary, heir, or legatee; or\n(4) a representative of an employee's or former employee's estate.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 2. PROTECTION OF LABORERS","SUBTITLE D. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS","CHAPTER 82. DISCHARGE OF LIABILITY UNDER CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.82.htm#82.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"11df89df0ee1cd18dc4b2a5f348017a13fd1c83819f5478c47bd25cd7eb120a8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-82.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-82.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}