Tex. Ins. Code § 885.051 · Subchapter B. STRUCTURE OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY
FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY DEFINED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A corporation, society, order, or voluntary association is a fraternal benefit society if it:
(1) has a lodge system and a representative form of government or limits its membership to a secret fraternity that has a lodge system and a representative form of government;
(2) is organized and operated solely for the mutual benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit;
(3) does not have capital stock; and
(4) provides for the payment of benefits in accordance with Section 885.301.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm
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Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 885.005FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES THAT PROVIDE BENEFITS RESULTING FROM ACCIDENTS ONLY.Printed as Sections 885.051-885.054 and 885.062
- Tex. Ins. Code § 885.052CONTROL OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.Printed as Sections 885.051, 885.053, and 885.054
- Tex. Ins. Code § 885.152ELIGIBILITY TO PROVIDE BENEFITS.Printed as Section 885.051
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