Subdivision 1. Location of office; meetings. 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 where the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in any other location as determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at the meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if the 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 English.
Subd. 2. Communications. (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. The 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.
(b) 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, the synopsis may be published in the society's official publication.
Subd. 3. Grievance procedures. A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 59A - 79A — Insurance
Chapter 64B — Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 64B.01 — Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Section 64B.02 — Lodge System.
Section 64B.03 — Representative Form Of Government.
Section 64B.05 — Purposes And Powers.
Section 64B.06 — Qualifications For Membership.
Section 64B.07 — Location Of Office, Meetings, Communications To Members, Grievance Procedures.
Section 64B.08 — Personal Liability; Indemnification; Insurance; Advances.
Section 64B.10 — Organization.
Section 64B.11 — Amendments To Laws.
Section 64B.12 — Institutions.
Section 64B.14 — Consolidations And Mergers.
Section 64B.15 — Conversion Of Fraternal Benefit Society Into Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Section 64B.17 — Beneficiaries.
Section 64B.18 — Benefits Not Attachable.
Section 64B.19 — Benefit Contract.
Section 64B.27 — Annual License.
Section 64B.28 — Examination Of Societies; No Adverse Publications.
Section 64B.29 — Foreign Or Alien Society; Admission.
Section 64B.30 — Domestic Associations; Examination; Rehabilitation; Dissolution.
Section 64B.31 — Suspension, Revocation, Or Refusal Of License Of Foreign Or Alien Society.
Section 64B.33 — Licensing Of Agents.
Section 64B.34 — Unfair Methods Of Competition And Unfair And Deceptive Acts And Practices.
Section 64B.35 — Service Of Process.
Section 64B.38 — Certain Organizations Exempt.
Section 64B.39 — Beneficiary Associations.
Section 64B.41 — Risk-based Capital Reports.
Section 64B.42 — Fraternal Action Level Event.
Section 64B.43 — Fraternal Authorized Control Level Event; Domestic Societies.
Section 64B.45 — Prohibition On Announcements.