REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED.
Tex. INS Code § 885.054.
in effectA fraternal benefit society has a representative form of government if:
(1) the society has a supreme governing body constituted as:
(A) an assembly, as described by Section 885.055 ; or
(B) a board, as described by Section 885.057 ;
(2) the officers of the society are elected by the supreme governing body or the board of directors;
(3) only a benefit member is eligible to serve as a member of the supreme governing body, the board of directors, or an intermediate assembly of the society;
(4) only a benefit member may vote on the management of the society's insurance affairs;
(5) a voting member of the society has only one vote; and
(6) a voting member of the society may not cast a vote by proxy.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.