Sec. 885.054.  REPRESENTATIVE FORM OF GOVERNMENT DEFINED.  A 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.