Sec. 885.203.  REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY TO FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY.  (a)  If the commissioner refuses to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society under Section 885.202, the commissioner shall:
(1)  make the refusal in writing;
(2)  file the refusal in the department's office;  and
(3)  on request, provide a copy of the refusal and a statement of the commissioner's reasons for the refusal to the society's officers.
(b)  The commissioner's refusal to issue a certificate of authority to a foreign fraternal benefit society for authority to engage in business in this state is reviewable by proper proceedings in a state court.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.