Sec. 846.159. NAME OF MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENT  


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  • (a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement shall transact business under the arrangement's own name and may not adopt any assumed name. An arrangement may not use a name that is the same as or closely resembles the name of any other arrangement that:

    (1) possesses a certificate of authority; and

    (2) is engaged in business in this state.

    (b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may change its name by:

    (1) amending the articles of the arrangement; or

    (2) taking a new name with the approval of the commissioner.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.