Tex. Labor Code Section 82.002
Discharge of Liability

(a)

A payment or refund made by an employer or trustee under a written employee benefit plan to a person described by Subsection (b) fully discharges the employer or trustee from all adverse claims against the payment or refund unless, before making the payment, the employer or trustee receives a notice that some other person claims to be entitled to all or part of the payment or refund.

(b)

Subsection (a) applies to a payment to:

(1)

an employee;

(2)

a former employee;

(3)

an employee’s or former employee’s beneficiary, heir, or legatee; or

(4)

a representative of an employee’s or former employee’s estate.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Source: Section 82.002 — Discharge of Liability, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­82.­htm#82.­002 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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