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

Tex. Insurance Code § 885.703: SOLICITING MEMBERSHIP IN LODGE OF UNAUTHORIZED FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY; CRIMINAL PENALTY.

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INSURANCE CODE
TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
SUBTITLE E. MUTUAL AND FRATERNAL COMPANIES AND RELATED ENTITIES
CHAPTER 885. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES
SUBCHAPTER O. CRIMINAL PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if the person solicits for or organizes a lodge of a fraternal benefit society without first obtaining from the commissioner a certificate of authority that entitles the society to engage in business in this state.

(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $250;

(2) confinement in jail for not less than three months or more than six months; or

(3) both a fine and confinement.

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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