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

Tex. Insurance Code § 885.055: ASSEMBLY AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.

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  1. INSURANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
  3. SUBTITLE E. MUTUAL AND FRATERNAL COMPANIES AND RELATED ENTITIES
  4. CHAPTER 885. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. STRUCTURE OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY

(a) The supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society is an assembly if the body is composed of:

(1) delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions by the members or their representatives; and

(2) other delegates as prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(b) The elected delegates to an assembly must:

(1) constitute a majority of the assembly in number; and

(2) be entitled to cast the greater of:

(A) two-thirds of the votes in the assembly; or

(B) the number of votes required to amend the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(c) A fraternal benefit society may provide for election of delegates by mail.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:21Z. Source file · JSON

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