Section 27-34-46 Discrimination, inducements, and rebates. (a) No society doing business in this state shall make or permit any unfair discrimination between insured members of the same class and equal expectation of life in the premiums charged for certificates of insurance in the dividends or other benefits payable thereon or in any other of the […]
Section 27-34-47 Service of process. (a) Every society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint, in writing, the commissioner and each successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served and shall agree, in such writing, that […]
Section 27-34-48 Consolidation or merger – Procedure. (a) A domestic society may consolidate or merge with any other society by complying with the provisions of this section. It shall file with the commissioner: (1) A certified copy of the written contract containing, in full, the terms and conditions of the consolidation or merger; (2) A […]
Section 27-34-49 Consolidation or merger – Effect. Upon the consolidation or merger effective as provided in Section 27-34-48, all the rights, franchises, and interests of the consolidated or merged societies in, and to, every species of property, real, personal, or mixed, and things in action thereunto belonging shall be vested in the society resulting from, […]
Section 27-34-5 Applicability of chapter – Exceptions. (a) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to: (1) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders, or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges; (2) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, […]
Section 27-34-50 Actions to enjoin or in quo warranto; liquidation; receivership. (a) When the commissioner upon investigation finds that a domestic society: (1) Has exceeded its powers; or (2) Has failed to comply with any provision of this chapter; or (3) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or (4) Has a membership of […]
Section 27-34-51 Applications for injunctions. No application or petition for injunction against any domestic, foreign, or alien society, or branch thereof, shall be recognized in any court of this state unless made by the Attorney General upon request of the commissioner. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §723.)
Section 27-34-52 Review of decisions and findings of commissioner. All decisions and findings of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by the court in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-2-32. (Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §724.)
Section 27-34-53 False statements. Any person who willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in a sworn statement as to the death or disability of a certificate holder in any fraternal benefit society, for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate of such holder, and any […]
Section 27-34-54 Applicability of other provisions. In addition to the provisions heretofore contained or referred to in this chapter, other chapters and provisions of this title shall apply to fraternal benefit societies, to the extent applicable and not in conflict with the express provisions of this chapter, and the reasonable implications thereof, as follows: (1) […]
Section 27-34-6 License – Requirement; renewal; fee; evidence. (a) No fraternal benefit society shall transact business in this state unless authorized therefor under a subsisting license issued to the society by the commissioner. (b) Societies authorized to transact business in this state as of immediately prior to January 1, 1972, may continue such business until […]
Section 27-34-7 License – Foreign or alien societies – Application; qualifications. (a) No foreign or alien society shall transact business in this state without a license issued by the commissioner. Any such society may be licensed to transact business in this state upon filing with the commissioner: (1) A duly certified copy of its charter […]
Section 27-34-8 License – Foreign or alien societies – Suspension, revocation, or refusal. (a) When the commissioner upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state: (1) Has exceeded its powers; (2) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter; (3) Is […]
Section 27-34-9 Articles of incorporation – Contents. 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 of deeds, articles of incorporation, in which shall be stated: (1) […]
