Washington Code 48.36A.070 – Location of office and meetings — Official publications, annual statement
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(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 where the society has at least one subordinate lodge, or in such other location as determined by the supreme governing body, and all business transacted at the meetings is 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 the English language.
Terms Used In Washington Code 48.36A.070
- Benefit member: means an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract. See Washington Code 48.36A.040
- Laws: means the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated. See Washington Code 48.36A.040
- Lodge: means subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or by any other designation. See Washington Code 48.36A.040
- Society: means fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Washington Code 48.36A.040
(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. 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 1st 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.
[ 1987 c 366 § 7.]