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Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code § 23.104 (2026)

Subordinate Lodges

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Sec. 23.104. SUBORDINATE LODGES. (a) The incorporation of a grand body includes each of its subordinate lodges or bodies holding a warrant or charter under the grand body.

(b) A subordinate body has all of the rights of other corporations under and by the name given to the grand body in the warrant or charter issued to the grand body to which it is attached. Those rights shall be provided for in the charter of the grand body.

(c) A subordinate body is subject to the jurisdiction and control of its respective grand body, and the warrant or charter of the subordinate body may be revoked by the grand body.

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018).

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the Episcopal Church, the Local Episcopal Parties, the Local Episcopal Congregations, & the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori v. Franklin Salazar & Intervening Congregations, 547 S.W.3d 353 (Tex. App. 2018). “” Tex. Bus. Orgs. Code Ann. § 23.104 (c). But TEC’s constitution and canons do not provide for the complete disassociation—voluntary or involuntary— of a diocese by somehow revoking its membership in the hierarchical church.”

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