{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 885.055","heading":"ASSEMBLY AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.","body":"(a) The supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society is an assembly if the body is composed of:\n(1) delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions by the members or their representatives; and\n(2) other delegates as prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.\n(b) The elected delegates to an assembly must:\n(1) constitute a majority of the assembly in number; and\n(2) be entitled to cast the greater of:\n(A) two-thirds of the votes in the assembly; or\n(B) the number of votes required to amend the fraternal benefit society's laws.\n(c) A fraternal benefit society may provide for election of delegates by mail.\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#885.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d9a3598191c3dfafe628f83fe1d7fbdcf07505c60cf5907741d5c50daf69a4a8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}