Texas Insurance Code

§ 961.001 — DEFINITIONS

IN § 961.001Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part H. OTHER ENTITIES · Ch. 961. NONPROFIT LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATIONS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Applicant" means a person applying for a contract for legal services to be performed through a nonprofit legal services corporation.

(2)"Benefit certificate" means a document issued to a participant that states the benefits and other required matters under a group contract for legal services or an individual contract for legal services issued to a participant.

(3)"Contracting attorney" means an attorney who has entered into a contract under Section 961.301.

(4)"Nonprofit legal services corporation" means a corporation created for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit legal services plan under which the corporation contracts for and obtains legal services for participants through contracting attorneys in consideration of each participant's payment of a definite amount to fund the payment of the contracting attorneys' fees.

(5)"Participant" means a person entitled to performance of legal services under contract with a nonprofit legal services corporation.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.