Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

THEATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS April 8, 1964 \ Honorable J.N. Nutt Opinion No. c-236 Commissionerof Insurance State,Boardsof Insurance RE: Whether a life Insurance 1110 San Jacihto company is required to comply Austin, Texas with the provisions of Article 4.02A (1) and (2), Tcxaa Busi- ness CorporationAct, In addl- tlon to complyingwith the pro- vlslona of Article 3.05, Texas Insurance Code, in order to effect an amendment to its Dear Mr. Nutt: articles of Incorporation. You hay! requested the opinion of this office con- cerning the appllcabllltyof certain provisionsof the Texas Business CorporationAct (hereinafterreferred to as the "Act"), to a life insurance company seeking to amend Its articles of Incorporationunder the provisionsof the Texas Insurance Code (hereinafterreferred to as the “Code”). Your letter reads in part as follows: “The State Board of Insurance has pending an applicationfor approval of an amendment to the articles 0r incorporation0r a life Insurance company organized and operating under the laws of the State of Texas. It has been the policy of this Department for approximatelyfour years to require a life insurance company making applica- tion for approval of a charter amendment to furnish evidence of compliancewith the provislonsof Article 4.02A, Texas Business CorporationAct, in addition to requiring compliancewith Article 3.05, Texas Insuranc’eCode. “Article 4.02A (l), Texas Euainess Corporation Act, requires that the board of directors of the company initiate the action by which a charter amendment is to be effected by the adoption of a resolution setting forth