Section 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. 6/1/2003.