Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Insurance Code § 841.058: APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.

(a) To obtain a charter for a domestic insurance company, the incorporators must pay to the department the charter fee in an amount determined under Chapter 202 and file with the department:
(1) an application for charter on the form and containing the information prescribed by the commissioner;
(2) the company's articles of incorporation; and
(3) an affidavit made by two or more of the incorporators that states that:
(A) the minimum capital and surplus requirements of Section 841.054 are satisfied;
(B) the capital and surplus are the bona fide property of the company; and
(C) the information in the articles of incorporation is true and correct.
(b) The commissioner may require that the incorporators provide at their expense additional evidence of a matter required in the affidavit before the commissioner takes further action on the application for charter.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.020, eff. April 1, 2009.

Where this section sits in the code

INSURANCE CODE
TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
CHAPTER 841. LIFE, HEALTH, OR ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES
SUBCHAPTER B. FORMATION AND STRUCTURE OF DOMESTIC COMPANIES

(a) To obtain a charter for a domestic insurance company, the incorporators must pay to the department the charter fee in an amount determined under Chapter 202 and file with the department:

(1) an application for charter on the form and containing the information prescribed by the commissioner;

(2) the company's articles of incorporation; and

(3) an affidavit made by two or more of the incorporators that states that:

(A) the minimum capital and surplus requirements of Section 841.054 are satisfied;

(B) the capital and surplus are the bona fide property of the company; and

(b) The commissioner may require that the incorporators provide at their expense additional evidence of a matter required in the affidavit before the commissioner takes further action on the application for charter.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 730 (H.B. 2636), Sec. 2E.020, eff. April 1, 2009.

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