Sec. 152.053.  QUALIFICATIONS TO BE PARTNER;  NONPARTNER'S LIABILITY TO THIRD PERSON.  (a)  A person may be a partner unless the person lacks capacity apart from this chapter.
(b)  Except as provided by Section 152.307, a person who is not a partner in a partnership under Section 152.051 is not a partner as to a third person and is not liable to a third person under this chapter.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.