Texas Insurance Code 885.054 – Representative Form of Government Defined
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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.