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Occupations Code §952.003

In force on Apr 02, 2013 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1999 · same as today's text

APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER

A lawyer referral service does not include: (1) an organization that recommends, furnishes, or pays for legal services for its members or beneficiaries and that satisfies the conditions of the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct or other rules adopted by the supreme court; (2) a plan of prepaid legal services insurance; (3) a referral made by one lawyer to another lawyer that conforms with the Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct or other rules adopted by the supreme court; (4) lawyers who jointly advertise their services in a manner that clearly shows that the advertising is intended solely to solicit clients for those lawyers; or (5) a service of a pro bono publico legal assistance program that does not accept a fee from either the lawyer or the client.

History: Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1999 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-1019 (Apr 02, 2013): Whether advertising by a bail bond licensee in a magazine that is distributed to pretrial detainees held in the county jail, when the licensee has an exclusive agreement that no advertisements from other licensees will appear in the magazine, could ever constitute unlawful "solicitation" in violation of section 1704.304(c) of the Texas Occupation Code

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