Texas Business Organizations Code
§ 252.007 — CAPACITY TO ASSERT AND DEFEND; STANDING
BO § 252.007Title 6. ASSOCIATIONS · Ch. 252. UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute, defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or other governmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form of alternative dispute resolution.
(b)A nonprofit association may assert a claim in its name on behalf of members of the nonprofit association if:
(1)one or more of the nonprofit association's members have standing to assert a claim in their own right;
(2)the interests the nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes; and
(3)neither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participation of a member.
Legislative history
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.