Missouri Laws 378.607 – Principal office, meetings, location — official publication, annual ..
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 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. (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.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 378.607
- Benefit member: an adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract. See Missouri Laws 378.604
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Laws: the society's articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, however designated. See Missouri Laws 378.604
- Lodge: subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches or by any other designation. See Missouri Laws 378.604
- Rules: all rules, regulations or resolutions adopted by the supreme governing body or board of directors which are intended to have general application to the members of the society. See Missouri Laws 378.604
- Society: a fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Missouri Laws 378.604
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) 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.