Sec. 885.153.  FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION.  A corporation, society, order, or voluntary association eligible under Section 885.152 may qualify as a fraternal benefit society by filing with the department:
(1)  certified articles of incorporation or association that set out:
(A)  the name of the society;
(B)  the purpose for which the society is formed;  and
(C)  the manner in which the society's corporate powers are to be exercised;
(2)  certified copies of the fraternal benefit society's laws and rules;
(3)  copies of all proposed forms of benefit certificates, applications for benefit certificates, and circulars to be issued by the society;
(4)  a surety bond as required by Section 885.156;  and
(5)  additional information that the commissioner considers necessary.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.