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Texas Business Organizations Code - Section 252.007. Capacity To Assert And Defend; Standing

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§ 252.007. CAPACITY TO ASSERT AND DEFEND;  STANDING.  (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.

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

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