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Tex. Ins. Code § 885.055

ASSEMBLY AS SUPREME GOVERNING BODY

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The supreme governing body of a fraternal benefit society is an assembly if the body is composed of:

(1) delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions by the members or their representatives; and

(2) other delegates as prescribed by the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(b) The elected delegates to an assembly must:

(1) constitute a majority of the assembly in number; and

(2) be entitled to cast the greater of:

(A) two-thirds of the votes in the assembly; or

(B) the number of votes required to amend the fraternal benefit society's laws.

(c) A fraternal benefit society may provide for election of delegates by mail.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.