Texas Statutes
Subchapter E. Foreign Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 885.203. Refusal to Issue Certificate of Authority to Foreign Fraternal Benefit Society

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.