40-744. Location of principal office; supreme governing body, location of meetings, minutes of proceedings; official publication for notices; mailings; grievance or complaint procedures. (a) 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 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.
(b) (1) 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 or more members have the same mailing address, an official publication mailed to one member is deemed to be mailed to all members at the same address unless a member requests a separate copy.
(2) Not later than June 1 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.
(c) A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.
History: L. 1988, ch. 154, ยง 7; Jan. 1, 1989.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 7 - Fraternal Benefit Societies
40-740 Representative form of government; election and voting criteria.
40-743 Laws and rules; provisions relating to membership to be specified.
40-746 Society's laws nonwaivable by subordinate bodies, officers or members.
40-748 Benefits not subject to attachment, garnishment or process.
40-750 Valuation of paid-up nonforfeiture benefits, cash surrender values and loan or other options.
40-753 Insurance laws application to societies.
40-757 Examinations; notice and opportunity to respond; payment of expenses.
40-767 Reinsurance; limitations; credit for reserves on ceded risks.
40-769 Conversion of society into mutual or stock life insurance company.
40-772 Same; report of meeting to be filed with commissioner.
40-778 Review of commissioner's decisions.