{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-121.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 121.053","heading":"VALIDITY OF TRUST DECLARATION.","body":"The validity of a trust agreement or declaration is not affected by:\n(1) the absence of a corpus other than the right of the trustee to receive a death benefit as beneficiary;\n(2) the employee's reservation of the right to designate another beneficiary of the death benefit; or\n(3) the existence of authority to amend, modify, revoke, or terminate the agreement or declaration.\nActs 1983, 68th Leg., p. 3693, ch. 576, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 9. TRUSTS","SUBTITLE C. MISCELLANEOUS TRUSTS","CHAPTER 121. EMPLOYEES' TRUSTS","SUBCHAPTER B. DEATH BENEFITS UNDER EMPLOYEES' TRUSTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.121.htm#121.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"c1ce2e775a395168179115fac9b0dc461ad69990e08f843e9ab0096af0138b6c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-121.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-121.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}