Terms Used In Texas Insurance Code 885.302

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

A fraternal benefit society may, as provided by a resolution of its supreme governing body, establish and operate one or more separate accounts and issue benefit contracts on a variable basis, subject to laws regulating a life insurance company that establishes those types of accounts and issues those types of contracts. To comply with applicable federal or state laws or rules, the society may:
(1) issue on a variable basis contracts to which Sections 885.306(b) and (c) and 885.311(a) do not apply; and
(2) adopt special procedures for conducting the business and affairs of a separate account and provide special voting and other rights for a person having beneficial interests in a separate account, including special procedures and rights relating to:
(A) investment policy;
(B) investment advisory services;
(C) selection of certified public accountants; and
(D) selection of a committee to manage the business and affairs of the account.