Tex. Ins. Code § 885.053 · Subchapter B. STRUCTURE OF FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY
LODGE SYSTEM DEFINED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A fraternal benefit society is considered to be operating on the lodge system if the society:
(1) has a supreme governing body; and
(2) has lodges:
(A) into which members are admitted in accordance with the fraternal benefit society's laws, rituals, and rules; and
(B) that are required by the fraternal benefit society's laws to hold periodic meetings.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm
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