Tex. Insurance Code § 885.157
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 885.157, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 885.157. ISSUANCE OF PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
Official statutory text
If the purposes of a fraternal benefit society conform to the requirements of this chapter and all provisions of law have been complied with, the commissioner shall:
(1) certify that the society is in compliance with all provisions of law;
(2) retain and record the articles of incorporation or association; and
(3) issue to the society a preliminary certificate of authority.
(1) certify that the society is in compliance with all provisions of law;
(2) retain and record the articles of incorporation or association; and
(3) issue to the society a preliminary certificate of authority.
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