{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.054","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 885.054","heading":"REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED.","body":"A fraternal benefit society has a representative form of government if:\n(1) the society has a supreme governing body constituted as:\n(A) an assembly, as described by Section 885.055; or\n(B) a board, as described by Section 885.057;\n(2) the officers of the society are elected by the supreme governing body or the board of directors;\n(3) only a benefit member is eligible to serve as a member of the supreme governing body, the board of directors, or an intermediate assembly of the society;\n(4) only a benefit member may vote on the management of the society's insurance affairs;\n(5) a voting member of the society has only one vote; and\n(6) a voting member of the society may not cast a vote by proxy.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["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 B. STRUCTURE OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm#885.054","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"509f22f8e480d83c668c31f0a70f160ae3534e229d827df19bd79ac269e63752","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.053","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}