Sec. 21.84.475. License.
Societies that are authorized to transact business in this state on January 1, 1998, and societies licensed after January 1, 1998 and before July 1, 1998, may continue the business through June 30, 1998. The authority of those societies and all other societies licensed after January 1, 1998 may be renewed annually, but, in all […]
Sec. 21.84.005. Representative form of government.
(a) A society has a representative form of government if (1) the society has a supreme governing body constituted as described in (b) or (c) of this section; (2) officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors; (3) only benefit members are eligible for election […]
Sec. 21.84.015. Purposes and powers.
(a) A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by (1) providing benefits as specified in AS 21.84.201, and (2) operating for a social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purpose for the benefit of its members, which benefits may also be extended to others. A purpose may […]
Sec. 21.84.025. Qualifications for membership.
(a) A society shall specify in its laws or rules (1) eligibility standards for each class of membership, but, if benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than 15 years of age and not more than 21 years of age; (2) the […]
Sec. 21.84.035. Location of office; meetings; communications to members; grievance procedures.
(a) The principal office of a domestic society must be located in this state. The meetings of the supreme governing body of a society may be held in a state, district, province, or territory in which the society has at least one subordinate lodge or in another location as determined by the supreme governing body. […]
Sec. 21.84.045. No personal liability; indemnity.
(a) The officers and members of the supreme governing body or a subordinate body of a society are not personally liable for benefits provided by a society. (b) A society shall indemnify and reimburse a person for expenses reasonably incurred by, and liabilities imposed upon, that person in connection with an action, suit, or proceeding, […]
Sec. 21.84.055. Waiver.
The laws of the society may provide that a subordinate body or its subordinate officers or members may not waive any provision of the laws of the society. The provision is binding on the society and every member and beneficiary of a member.
Sec. 21.84.059. Amendments to laws.
(a) A domestic society may amend its laws in accordance with its provisions by action of its supreme governing body at a regular or special meeting or, if its laws provide, by referendum. The referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its laws by the vote of the voting members of the […]
Sec. 21.84.060. Organization.
The organization of a domestic society organized on or after January 1, 1998, shall be formed as follows: Seven or more citizens of the United States, a majority of whom are citizens of this state, who desire to form a fraternal benefit society, may make, sign, and acknowledge before some officer, competent to take acknowledgment […]
Sec. 21.84.070. Filing articles and documents.
The articles of incorporation, certified copies of the domestic society’s laws and rules, copies of all proposed forms of certificates, applications, and circulars to be issued by the society, and a bond conditioned upon the return to applicants of the advanced payments if the organization is not completed within one year, shall be filed with […]