Tex. Insurance Code § 885.203
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 885.203, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 885.203. REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.
Official statutory text
(a) If the commissioner refuses to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society under Section 885.202, the commissioner shall:
(1) make the refusal in writing;
(2) file the refusal in the department's office; and
(3) on request, provide a copy of the refusal and a statement of the commissioner's reasons for the refusal to the society's officers.
(b) The commissioner's refusal to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society for authority to engage in business in this state is reviewable by proper proceedings in a state court.
(1) make the refusal in writing;
(2) file the refusal in the department's office; and
(3) on request, provide a copy of the refusal and a statement of the commissioner's reasons for the refusal to the society's officers.
(b) The commissioner's refusal to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society for authority to engage in business in this state is reviewable by proper proceedings in a state court.
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