Tex. Insurance Code § 885.458
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§ 885.458. CONTINUING OBLIGATIONS OF CONVERTED FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.
Official statutory text
(a) The rights of each member, holder of a benefit certificate, or creditor and the standing of each claim against a fraternal benefit society that converts under this subchapter must be preserved unimpaired under the new corporation.
(b) Each debt, liability, and duty of a converted fraternal benefit society attaches to the new corporation and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debt or liability had been incurred or contracted by the new corporation.
(c) Each outstanding benefit certificate issued by a converted fraternal benefit society is a valid obligation of the new corporation without the issuance of a new certificate.
(d) A new corporation formed from a converted fraternal benefit society is obligated to perform each obligation owing by the society to a holder of a benefit certificate issued by the society. The holder may enforce a benefit certificate against the new corporation to the same extent as if the certificate had been issued by the new corporation after conversion.
(e) A pending suit in which a converted fraternal benefit society was a party is not affected by the conversion and may be prosecuted by or against the new corporation as if the conversion had not taken place.
(b) Each debt, liability, and duty of a converted fraternal benefit society attaches to the new corporation and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if the debt or liability had been incurred or contracted by the new corporation.
(c) Each outstanding benefit certificate issued by a converted fraternal benefit society is a valid obligation of the new corporation without the issuance of a new certificate.
(d) A new corporation formed from a converted fraternal benefit society is obligated to perform each obligation owing by the society to a holder of a benefit certificate issued by the society. The holder may enforce a benefit certificate against the new corporation to the same extent as if the certificate had been issued by the new corporation after conversion.
(e) A pending suit in which a converted fraternal benefit society was a party is not affected by the conversion and may be prosecuted by or against the new corporation as if the conversion had not taken place.
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