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

Tex. Insurance Code § 885.101: QUALIFICATIONS FOR FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP.

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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 C. MEMBERS

(a) A fraternal benefit society shall specify in the fraternal benefit society's laws or rules:

(1) subject to Subsection (b), the eligibility standards for each membership class;

(2) the process for admission for each membership class; and

(3) subject to Subsection (c), the rights and privileges of each membership class.

(b) If a fraternal benefit society provides benefits on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership may not be less than 15 years or more than 21 years.

(c) Only a benefit member may vote on the management of the insurance affairs of a fraternal benefit society.

(d) Membership rights in a fraternal benefit society are personal to the member, and a member may not assign those rights.

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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