.....and I doubt it will work for 0.9.6 as is....
if (!empty($this->config['tpl'.$name])) {
$chunk = $this->modx->newObject('modChunk');
$chunk->setContent($this->config['tpl'.$name]);
}
if (!empty($this->config['tpl'.$name])) {
$chunk = $this->modx->getObject('modChunk', array('name' => $this->config['tpl'.$name]));
}