Sec. 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.
Discharge of Liability
Tex. Labor Code § 82.002, under Discharge of Liability Under Certain Employee Benefit Plans.
Tex. Labor Code § 82.002