{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.153","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 885.153","heading":"FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION.","body":"A corporation, society, order, or voluntary association eligible under Section 885.152 may qualify as a fraternal benefit society by filing with the department:\n(1) certified articles of incorporation or association that set out:\n(A) the name of the society;\n(B) the purpose for which the society is formed; and\n(C) the manner in which the society's corporate powers are to be exercised;\n(2) certified copies of the fraternal benefit society's laws and rules;\n(3) copies of all proposed forms of benefit certificates, applications for benefit certificates, and circulars to be issued by the society;\n(4) a surety bond as required by Section 885.156; and\n(5) additional information that the commissioner considers necessary.\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 D. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm#885.153","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"28a6b7376cf70da5202ac05bc1bfed6bdd9dc7215562ab9cc84a91a8c811c5c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.152","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}