Tex. Insurance Code § 885.153
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 885.153, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 885.153. FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION.
Official statutory text
A corporation, society, order, or voluntary association eligible under Section 885.152 may qualify as a fraternal benefit society by filing with the department:
(1) certified articles of incorporation or association that set out:
(A) the name of the society;
(B) the purpose for which the society is formed; and
(C) the manner in which the society's corporate powers are to be exercised;
(2) certified copies of the fraternal benefit society's laws and rules;
(3) copies of all proposed forms of benefit certificates, applications for benefit certificates, and circulars to be issued by the society;
(4) a surety bond as required by Section 885.156; and
(5) additional information that the commissioner considers necessary.
(1) certified articles of incorporation or association that set out:
(A) the name of the society;
(B) the purpose for which the society is formed; and
(C) the manner in which the society's corporate powers are to be exercised;
(2) certified copies of the fraternal benefit society's laws and rules;
(3) copies of all proposed forms of benefit certificates, applications for benefit certificates, and circulars to be issued by the society;
(4) a surety bond as required by Section 885.156; and
(5) additional information that the commissioner considers necessary.
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