Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.007
This is the official text of Tex. Business Organizations Code § 252.007, part of Texas’s Business Organizations Code — governs the formation and operation of corporations, LLCs, and partnerships.
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§ 252.007. CAPACITY TO ASSERT AND DEFEND; STANDING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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