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Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 252.001 (2026)

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Sec. 252.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Member" means a person who, under the rules or practices of a nonprofit association, may participate in the selection of persons authorized to manage the affairs of the nonprofit association or in the development of policy of the nonprofit association.

(2) "Nonprofit association" means an unincorporated organization, other than one created by a trust, consisting of three or more members joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose. A form of joint tenancy, tenancy in common, or tenancy by the entirety does not by itself establish a nonprofit association, regardless of whether the co-owners share use of the property for a nonprofit purpose.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2013–2026 · leading case: MT Falkin Investments, L.L.C. v. Chisholm Trail Elks Lodge No. 2659, 400 S.W.3d 658 (Tex. App. 2013).
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MT Falkin Investments, L.L.C. v. Chisholm Trail Elks Lodge No. 2659, 400 S.W.3d 658 (Tex. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “002(19), with Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 252.001 (2). Unlike the occupations code, there is nothing in TUUNAA that indicates a nonprofit association cannot distribute revenue to its members, so long as the members are “joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose.”
City of Dallas v. East Vill. Ass'n, 480 S.W.3d 37 (Tex. App. 2015). “Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 252.001 (2) (West 2012).”
in Re Lee Edward Thomas (Tex. App. 2022). · cites it 2× “See TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE ANN. §§ 252.001–.018.”
Vista Grande Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Dennis Brand & Kimberly Harper (Tex. App. 2023). “” See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 252.001(a). The code defines a “nonprofit purpose” to include serving “civic purposes.”
Original Lulac Council No. 2 v. Rey Feo Scholarship Found., Inc. (W.D. Tex. 2024). “1992); see also TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE § 252.001. According to Plaintiff, the LULAC Entities have continuously put on Feria De Las Flores and crowned a “Reina de las Feria de las Flores” and “Rey Feo” since 1946.”
Lutheran Church v. Christian (5th Cir. 2026). “Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code §§ 252.001, 002, 007.”
City of Dallas v. East Vill. Ass'n (Tex. App. 2015). “TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE ANN. § 252.001(2) (West 2012).”
— Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 252.001(2) — 3 cases
MT Falkin Investments, L.L.C. v. Chisholm Trail Elks Lodge No. 2659, 400 S.W.3d 658 (Tex. App. 2013). “002(19), with Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 252.001 (2). Unlike the occupations code, there is nothing in TUUNAA that indicates a nonprofit association cannot distribute revenue to its members, so long as the members are “joined by mutual consent for a common, nonprofit purpose.”
in Re Lee Edward Thomas (Tex. App. 2022). “See TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE ANN. §§ 252.001–.018.”
City of Dallas v. East Vill. Ass'n (Tex. App. 2015). “TEX. BUS. ORGS. CODE ANN. § 252.001(2) (West 2012).”
— Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 252.001(a) — 1 case
Vista Grande Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. Dennis Brand & Kimberly Harper (Tex. App. 2023). “” See Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 252.001(a). The code defines a “nonprofit purpose” to include serving “civic purposes.”
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