{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 885.203","heading":"REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.","body":"(a) If the commissioner refuses to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society under Section 885.202, the commissioner shall:\n(1) make the refusal in writing;\n(2) file the refusal in the department's office; and\n(3) on request, provide a copy of the refusal and a statement of the commissioner's reasons for the refusal to the society's officers.\n(b) The commissioner's refusal to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society for authority to engage in business in this state is reviewable by proper proceedings in a state court.\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 E. FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm#885.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"e012d2537100b578e2b3dd5e5154ffabea036aad872b6d6dbe7f4dff9584c351","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}