ELIGIBILITY TO PROVIDE BENEFITS.
Tex. INS Code § 885.152.
in effectAfter June 1, 1965, a corporation, society, order, or voluntary association may qualify as a fraternal benefit society as defined by Section 885.051 for the purpose of providing for the payment of benefits as provided by Section 885.301 only if it:
(1) has at least 500 members and at least 10 lodges; and
(2) has been in continuous operation for at least the five years preceding the filing of its articles of incorporation or association as provided by Section 885.153 .
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.