US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  41
                                  INSURANCE
                                  CHAPTER 32
                         FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES
    41-3207.  LOCATION OF OFFICE, MEETINGS, COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS,
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES. (1) The principal office of any domestic society shall
be located in this state.  The meetings of its supreme governing body may be
held in any state, district, province or territory wherein such society has at
least one (1) subordinate lodge, or in such other location as determined by
the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at such meetings shall
be as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in this state.  The
minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of
directors shall be in the English language.
    (2)  (a)  A society may provide in its laws for an official publication in
    which any notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to
    members, including notice of election, may be published.  Such required
    reports, notices and statements shall be printed conspicuously in the
    publication. If the records of a society show that two (2) or more members
    have the same mailing address, an official publication mailed to one (1)
    member is deemed to be mailed to all members at the same address unless a
    member requests a separate copy.
    (b)  Not later than the first day of June of each year, a synopsis of the
    society's annual statement providing an explanation of the facts
    concerning the condition of the society thereby disclosed shall be printed
    and mailed to each benefit member of the society or, in lieu thereof, such
    synopsis may be published in the society's official publication.
    (3)  A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint
procedures for members.