Section 27-34-28 – Personal Liability for Payment of Benefits.
Section 27-34-28 Personal liability for payment of benefits. The officers and members of the supreme, grand, or any subordinate body of a society shall not be personally liable for payment of any benefits provided by a society. (Acts 1911, No. 476, p. 700; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §699.)
Section 27-34-13 – Certificate of Compliance.
Section 27-34-13 Certificate of compliance. The commissioner may make such examination and require such further information as he deems advisable. Upon presentation of satisfactory evidence that the society has complied with all the provisions of law, he shall issue to the society a certificate to that effect and that the society is authorized to transact […]
Section 27-34-14 – Constitution and Laws; Powers.
Section 27-34-14 Constitution and laws; powers. (a) Every society shall have the power to adopt a constitution and laws for the government of the society, the admission of its members, the management of its affairs and the fixing and readjusting of the rates of its members from time to time. It shall have the power […]
Section 27-34-15 – Existing Incorporated Societies.
Section 27-34-15 Existing incorporated societies. Any incorporated society authorized to transact business in this state on January 1, 1973, may thereafter exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges prescribed in this chapter and in its charter or articles of incorporation as far as consistent with this chapter. A domestic society shall not be required to […]
Section 27-34-16 – Incorporation of Existing Unincorporated Domestic Voluntary Associations.
Section 27-34-16 Incorporation of existing unincorporated domestic voluntary associations. (a) After January 1, 1973, no unincorporated or voluntary association shall be permitted to transact business in this state as a fraternal benefit society. (b) Any domestic voluntary association now authorized to transact business in this state may incorporate and shall receive from the commissioner a […]
Section 27-34-17 – Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, or Laws.
Section 27-34-17 Amendment of articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws. (a) A domestic society may amend its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws in accordance with the provisions thereof by action of its supreme legislative or governing body at any regular or special meeting thereof or, if its articles of incorporation, constitution, or laws so […]
Section 27-34-2 – Societies Deemed Operating on Lodge System.
Section 27-34-2 Societies deemed operating on lodge system. A society having a supreme legislative or governing body and subordinate lodges or branches, by whatever name known, into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its constitution, laws, ritual, and rules, which subordinate lodges or branches are required by the laws of the […]
Section 27-34-3 – When Society Deemed as Having Representative Form of Government.
Section 27-34-3 When society deemed as having representative form of government. A society shall be deemed to have a representative form of government when: (1) It provides in its constitution or laws for a supreme legislative or governing body, composed of representatives elected either by the members or by delegates elected, directly or indirectly, by […]
Section 27-34-4 – Applicability of Chapter – Generally.
Section 27-34-4 Applicability of chapter – Generally. Except as provided in this chapter, societies shall be governed by this chapter and shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state, not only in governmental relations with the state, but for every other purpose. No law hereafter enacted shall apply to […]
Section 27-34-5 – Applicability of Chapter – Exceptions.
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, […]