Tex. Insurance Code § 961.303
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 961.303, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 961.303. LIMITATIONS ON CORPORATION'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ATTORNEYS AND PARTICIPANTS.
Official statutory text
(a) A nonprofit legal services corporation may not:
(1) contract to practice law; or
(2) control or attempt to control the relationship existing between a participant and the participant's attorney.
(b) The corporation may act only as an agent on behalf of its participants for legal services and, except as provided by Section 961.254, those services may be provided only by and through contracting attorneys. A contracting attorney must be an independent contractor maintaining a direct lawyer and client relationship with a participant and may not be an employee of the corporation.
(1) contract to practice law; or
(2) control or attempt to control the relationship existing between a participant and the participant's attorney.
(b) The corporation may act only as an agent on behalf of its participants for legal services and, except as provided by Section 961.254, those services may be provided only by and through contracting attorneys. A contracting attorney must be an independent contractor maintaining a direct lawyer and client relationship with a participant and may not be an employee of the corporation.
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