Texas Insurance Code

§ 885.153 — FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION

IN § 885.153Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part E. MUTUAL AND FRATERNAL COMPANIES AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 885. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES · Art. D. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS

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A corporation, society, order, or voluntary association eligible under Section 885.152 may qualify as a fraternal benefit society by filing with the department:

(1)certified articles of incorporation or association that set out:

(A)the name of the society;

(B)the purpose for which the society is formed; and

(C)the manner in which the society's corporate powers are to be exercised;

(2)certified copies of the fraternal benefit society's laws and rules;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.