Sec. 885.502. INITIATION OF PROCEEDINGS FOR TERMINATION OF DOMESTIC FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. (a) The commissioner may advise the attorney general of the commissioner's determination if:
(1) after examining a domestic fraternal benefit society, the commissioner determines that the society:
(A) has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter;
(B) is exceeding its powers;
(C) is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or
(D) is engaging in business fraudulently; or
(2) the commissioner determines that a domestic fraternal benefit society:
(A) has, after its first year of existence, had fewer than 400 members; or
(B) has discontinued business.
(b) The attorney general shall bring an action in quo warranto against the fraternal benefit society if the attorney general determines that circumstances warrant the action.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Organization of Insurers and Related Entities
Subtitle E - Mutual and Fraternal Companies and Related Entities
Chapter 885 - Fraternal Benefit Societies
Subchapter K. Termination of Fraternal Benefit Society
Section 885.501. Discontinuation of Business by Domestic Fraternal Benefit Society
Section 885.502. Initiation of Proceedings for Termination of Domestic Fraternal Benefit Society
Section 885.503. Issuance of Injunction and Appointment of Receiver