Texas Statutes
§ 885.054 — REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED.
Texas § 885.054
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Bluebook
Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 885.054 (2026).
Text
Sec. 885.054. REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED. A fraternal benefit society has a representative form of government if:
(1)the society has a supreme governing body constituted as:
(A)an assembly, as described by Section 885.055 ; or
(B)a board, as described by Section 885.057 ;
(2)the officers of the society are elected by the supreme governing body or the board of directors;
(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;
(4)only a benefit member may vote on the management of the society's insurance affairs;
(5)a voting member of the society has only one vote; and
(6)a voting member of the society may not cast a vote by proxy.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Nearby Sections
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§ 885.001
DEFINITIONS.§ 885.003
EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.§ 885.006
TREATMENT OF CERTAIN GRAND LODGES.§ 885.051
FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY DEFINED.§ 885.053
LODGE SYSTEM DEFINED.§ 885.055
ASSEMBLY AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.§ 885.056
ASSEMBLY MEETINGS; DIRECTORS.§ 885.057
BOARD AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY.§ 885.058
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 885.054, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/IN/885.054.