Tex. Insurance Code § 841.202
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 841.202, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 841.202. AUTHORIZED SHARES.
Official statutory text
(a) At any shareholders' meeting, shareholders of a domestic insurance company whose cumulative stock ownership represents a majority of the capital stock of the company by resolution may increase or decrease the amount of the company's capital stock, subject to this section.
(b) Capital stock may never be decreased to an amount that is less than the minimum amount of paid-up stock required by Section 841.054.
(c) Two officers of the domestic insurance company must sign and acknowledge a statement of the increase or decrease. The acknowledged statement and a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed and recorded in the same manner as the charter.
(d) For an increase or decrease of capital stock, the domestic insurance company may require the return of the original certificates evidencing the stock in exchange for new certificates. An issuance of new certificates that results in a transfer of stock is subject to Section 841.254.
(b) Capital stock may never be decreased to an amount that is less than the minimum amount of paid-up stock required by Section 841.054.
(c) Two officers of the domestic insurance company must sign and acknowledge a statement of the increase or decrease. The acknowledged statement and a certified copy of the resolution shall be filed and recorded in the same manner as the charter.
(d) For an increase or decrease of capital stock, the domestic insurance company may require the return of the original certificates evidencing the stock in exchange for new certificates. An issuance of new certificates that results in a transfer of stock is subject to Section 841.254.
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