A fraternal benefit society has a representative form of government if:

1. (1) the society has a supreme governing body constituted as:

   1. (A) an assembly, as described by Section 885.055; or
   2. (B) a board, as described by Section 885.057;
2. (2) the officers of the society are elected by the supreme governing body or the board of directors;
3. (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. (4) only a benefit member may vote on the management of the society's insurance affairs;
5. (5) a voting member of the society has only one vote; and
6. (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. June 1, 2003.