Tex. Insurance Code § 911.055: APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO SOLICIT INSURANCE.

(a) At least 10 residents described by Section 911.054(a) that want to form a farm mutual insurance company may apply to the department for a permit to solicit insurance on the mutual or cooperative plan.

(b) The application for a permit to solicit insurance must:

(1) state:

(A) that at least 100 individuals are members of an association described by Section 911.053(b)(1);

(B) that the association has indicated, by majority vote, that the association wants to:

(i) insure property of the association's members under this chapter; and

(ii) be chartered as a farm mutual insurance company;

(C) the name of the company, which must include the words "Farm Mutual" or "Farmers Mutual";

(D) the location of the company's principal office;

(E) the risks the company proposes to insure; and

(F) the names and places of residence of at least 10 of the applicants; and

(2) be accompanied by:

(A) affidavits of at least two of the applicants, each of whom must:

(i) state the applicant's name and residence; and

(ii) verify the facts stated in the application; and

(B) a filing fee in the amount of $25.

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