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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 252.006. Liability In Tort And Contract

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§ 252.006. LIABILITY IN TORT AND CONTRACT.  (a) A 
nonprofit association is a legal entity separate from its members 
for the purposes of determining and enforcing rights, duties, and 
liabilities in contract and tort.
	(b)  A person is not liable for a breach of a nonprofit 
association's contract or for a tortious act or omission for which a 
nonprofit association is liable merely because the person is a 
member, is authorized to participate in the management of the 
affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a 
member by the nonprofit association.
	(c)  A tortious act or omission of a member or other person 
for which a nonprofit association is liable is not imputed to a 
person merely because the person is a member of the nonprofit 
association, is authorized to participate in the management of the 
affairs of the nonprofit association, or is a person considered as a 
member by the nonprofit association.
	(d)  A member of, or a person considered as a member by, a 
nonprofit association may assert a claim against the nonprofit 
association.  A nonprofit association may assert a claim against a 
member or a person considered as a member by the nonprofit 
association.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.                     

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