Tex. Insurance Code § 961.251
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 961.251, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 961.251. APPLICANTS; BENEFIT CERTIFICATE.
Official statutory text
(a) A nonprofit legal services corporation may accept applicants and shall issue a benefit certificate to each applicant that becomes a participant under a legal services contract. Before issuance of the certificate, the applicant must pay the application fee, which does not apply as part of the cost of receiving benefits under the certificate.
(b) On issuance of the benefit certificate, the participant is entitled to the legal services stated in the certificate for the period provided by the certificate.
(b) On issuance of the benefit certificate, the participant is entitled to the legal services stated in the certificate for the period provided by the certificate.
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