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Terms Used In Texas Labor Code 407.131

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The benefit payments made by the association or the surety under this chapter are entitled to the same preference over other debts of the impaired employer or the impaired employer’s estate as provided by law to benefit payments owed by the employer or employer’s estate to the person entitled to the benefits.