Montana § 33-7-306 Location Of Office -- Meetings -- Communication To Members -- Grievance Procedures

Montana Statutes

§ 33-7-306 — Location Of Office -- Meetings -- Communication To Members -- Grievance Procedures

Montana § 33-7-306

Title 33INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES

Ch. 7FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES

Part 3Management

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Mont. Code Ann. § 33-7-306 (2026).

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33-7-306 . Location of office -- meetings -- communication to members -- grievance procedures.

(1)The principal office of a domestic society must 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 five subordinate lodges or in a location determined by the supreme governing body. All business transacted at meetings is valid. The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors must be in English.

(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 must be prin

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33-7-306 . Location of office -- meetings -- communication to members -- grievance procedures. (1) The principal office of a domestic society must 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 five subordinate lodges or in a location determined by the supreme governing body. All business transacted at meetings is valid. The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors must be in English.
(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 must 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 considered 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, must be printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society, or the 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.