Sec. 961.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Applicant" means a person applying for a contract for legal services to be performed through a nonprofit legal services corporation. (2) "Benefit certificate" means a document issued to a participant that states the benefits and other required matters under a group contract for legal services or an individual contract for legal services issued to a participant. (3) "Contracting attorney" means an attorney who has entered into a contract under Section 961.301 . (4) "Nonprofit legal services corporation" means a corporation created for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating a nonprofit legal services plan under which the corporation contracts for and obtains legal services for participants through contracting attorneys in consideration of each participant's payment of a definite amount to fund the payment of the contracting attorneys' fees. (5) "Participant" means a person entitled to performance of legal services under contract with a nonprofit legal services corporation.
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