Tex. Ins. Code § 885.101 · Subchapter C. MEMBERS
QUALIFICATIONS FOR FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A fraternal benefit society shall specify in the fraternal benefit society's laws or rules:
(1) subject to Subsection (b), the eligibility standards for each membership class;
(2) the process for admission for each membership class; and
(3) subject to Subsection (c), the rights and privileges of each membership class.
(b) If a fraternal benefit society provides benefits on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership may not be less than 15 years or more than 21 years.
(c) Only a benefit member may vote on the management of the insurance affairs of a fraternal benefit society.
(d) Membership rights in a fraternal benefit society are personal to the member, and a member may not assign those rights.
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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