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SD Codified L § 58-35-69 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-69 - Surviving corporation exists separate from parties to merger.

58-35-69. Surviving corporation exists separate from parties to merger.If a merger has been effected pursuant to §§58-35-60 to 58-35-74, inclusive:(1)The several corporations to the plan of merger are a single corporation which is that corporation designated in the plan of merger as the surviving corporation;(2)The separate existence of all corporations parties to the plan of merger, except the surviving or new corporation shall cease; and(3)The surviving or new corporation has all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and is subject to all the duties and liabilities of a corporation organized under §§58-35-60 to 58-35-74, inclusive, and §§47-1A-101 to 47-1A-863.3, inclusive, §§47-1A-1001 to 47-1A-1021, inclusive, and §§47-1A-1201 to 47-1A-1202.6, inclusive. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §10; SL 2005, ch 202, §27.
SD Codified L § 58-35-70 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-70 - Rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises of surviving or new corporation.

58-35-70. Rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises of surviving or new corporation.If a merger or consolidation has been effected pursuant to §§58-35-60 to 58-35-74, inclusive:(1)The surviving or new corporation thereupon and thereafter possesses all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises, of a public as well as of a private nature, of each of the merging corporations;(2)All property, real, personal, and mixed and all debts due on whatever account and any other chose in action and all and every other interest, of or belonging to or due to each of the corporations so merged or consolidated, shall be taken and considered transferred to and vested in the single corporation without further act or deed; and(3)The title to any real estate, or any interest in the real estate, vested in any of the corporations may not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of such merger. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §11.
SD Codified L § 58-35-71 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-71 - Liabilities and obligations of surviving or new corporation.

58-35-71. Liabilities and obligations of surviving or new corporation.If a merger or consolidation has been effected pursuant to this chapter:(1)The surviving or new corporation is thenceforth responsible and liable for all the liabilities and obligations of each of the corporations so merged; and(2)Any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of the corporations may be prosecuted as if the merger had not taken place, or the surviving or new corporation may be substituted in its place.Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any such corporation may be impaired by the merger or consolidation. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §12.
SD Codified L § 58-35-72 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-72 - Articles of incorporation of surviving corporation amended by plan of merger.

58-35-72. Articles of incorporation of surviving corporation amended by plan of merger.If a merger has been effected pursuant to §§58-35-60 to 58-35-74, inclusive, the articles of incorporation of the surviving corporation shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, the changes in its articles of incorporation are stated in the plan of merger. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §13.
SD Codified L § 58-35-73 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-73 - Dissolution of farm mutual insurer.

58-35-73. Dissolution of farm mutual insurer.A farm mutual insurer may dissolve under the applicable procedures prescribed by the statutes of this state applying to corporations for profit and be subject to any additional requirements found in chapter 58-35. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §14.
SD Codified L § 58-35-74 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-74 - Rights of dissenting members and proxy voters not applicable to mergers.

58-35-74. Rights of dissenting members and proxy voters not applicable to mergers.The provisions of §§47-1A-1101 to 47-1A-1108, inclusive, regarding the rights of dissenting members and proxy voting do not apply to mergers of farm mutual insurers pursuant to §§58-35-60 to 58-35-74, inclusive. Source: SL 1995, ch 293, §15; SL 2005, ch 202, §28.
SD Codified L § 58-35-75 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-75 - Division of farm mutual insurers--Plan.

58-35-75. Division of farm mutual insurers--Plan.Any farm mutual may divide itself into two or more farm mutuals. A written plan of division shall be prepared by the board of directors or by a committee selected by the board for that purpose. The plan of division shall set forth all the terms of the division and the proposed effect of the division on all members of the farm mutual. The plan shall also contain the articles of each new farm mutual being formed, if applicable, and any amendments to the articles of the remaining farm mutual. The applicable provisions of §58-35-60 apply to the plan of division and to the merger or integration of the divided farm mutual into another farm mutual or farm mutuals. Source: SL 2005, ch 277, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-35-76 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-76 - Members to vote on plan of division.

58-35-76. Members to vote on plan of division.The members of the farm mutual shall vote on the proposed plan of division in the manner provided in §§58-35-61 and 58-35-62. Source: SL 2005, ch 277, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-35-77 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-77 - Articles of division of farm mutual--Articles of incorporation--Filing--Application of chapter provisions.

58-35-77. Articles of division of farm mutual--Articles of incorporation--Filing--Application of chapter provisions.The articles of division of a farm mutual, if approved, shall set forth the approved plan and such other information as required by §58-35-63 and shall be filed and approved as provided for by §58-35-64. Each part of the plan that contains the articles of a new farm mutual shall be separately filed and recorded as articles of incorporation for such new farm mutual. Any new farm mutual formed pursuant to §§58-35-75 to 58-35-77, inclusive, is subject to the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as any other farm mutual. Source: SL 2005, ch 277, §3.
SD Codified L § 58-35-78 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 35 - Farm Mutual Insurers|Section 58-35-78 - Annual audit--Independent audit--Report--Extension.

58-35-78. Annual audit--Independent audit--Report--Extension.Any farm mutual insurer having direct premiums written in this state of more than two million dollars in any calendar year and more than two thousand policyholders or certificate holders of directly written policies nationwide at the end of a calendar year shall have an annual audit by an accountant of the financial statements reporting the financial position and the results of operations. This section also applies to insurers having assumed premiums pursuant to contracts or treaties of reinsurance of two million dollars or more. The director may require insurers with less than two million dollars in direct premiums and less than two thousand policyholders or certificate holders to have independent audits to determine the financial status of the insurer.The insurer shall file an audited financial report with the director on or before June first for the year that ended on the immediately preceding December thirty-first. The director may require an insurer to file an audited financial report earlier than June first with ninety days advance notice to the insurer.Extensions of the June first filing date may be granted by the director for thirty-day periods upon a showing by the insurer and its accountant to the director that there is good cause for an extension. The request for extension shall be submitted in writing to the director not less than ten days prior to the due date in sufficient detail to permit the director to make an informed decision. Source: SL 2008, ch 274, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-36-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 36 - Mutual Assessment Life And Health Insurers|Section 58-36-1 - Certificate not to be issued for assessment life or health insurance--Transaction of business as misdemeanor.

58-36-1. Certificate not to be issued for assessment life or health insurance--Transaction of business as misdemeanor.No certificate of authority shall, after June 30, 1966, be issued to any insurer, organized upon the mutual assessment, cooperative, or natural premium plan for the purpose of writing assessment life, or health insurance. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor for any such insurer to transact business in South Dakota. Source: SL 1966, ch 111, ch 18, §1 (1); SL 1978, ch 359, §7.
SD Codified L § 58-36-45 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 36 - Mutual Assessment Life And Health Insurers|Section 58-36-45 - Mutual property insurance association maintained by members of church--Risks covered--Conduct of business--License not required.

58-36-45. Mutual property insurance association maintained by members of church--Risks covered--Conduct of business--License not required.The members of any one church or of any one religious denomination may maintain for the exclusive benefit of their members, an association for the mutual insurance of the property of its members against loss or damage by fire, lightning, storm, or hail, or all of them. Any such company, whether heretofore or hereafter organized, may also if specified in its articles of incorporation and bylaws, insure, in connection with fire and lightning policies, against loss or damage caused by smoke, explosion, riot, riot attending a strike, aircraft and vehicles, vandalism, theft, or other risk or risks. Such an association shall furnish no insurance except on property of an actual member of such church or denomination. It may conduct business upon the plan and method adopted by it, satisfactory to the director, and shall not be required to be licensed by or report to the director of insurance. Source: SDC 1939, §31.2919; SL 1951, ch 170, §11; SL 1955, ch 119; repealed SL 1966, ch 111, §5; re-enacted SL 1978, ch 366, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-36-46 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 36 - Mutual Assessment Life And Health Insurers|Section 58-36-46 - Validation of past actions of religious society mutual.

58-36-46. Validation of past actions of religious society mutual.All actions of any religious society mutual which was organized pursuant to §31.2919 of the 1960 Supplement to the South Dakota Code of 1939, are valid despite the repeal of the section. Source: SL 1978, ch 366, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-1 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-1 - Fraternal benefit society defined.

58-37A-1. Fraternal benefit society defined.Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of subdivision 58-37A-38(2), whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which provides benefits in accordance with this chapter, is a fraternal benefit society for the purposes of this chapter. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §1.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-2 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-2 - Lodge system--Regular meetings--Lodges for children.

58-37A-2. Lodge system--Regular meetings--Lodges for children.A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its laws, rules and ritual. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the laws of the society to hold regular meetings at least once in each month in furtherance of the purposes of the society. A society may organize and operate lodges for children under the minimum age for adult membership. No membership and initiation in local lodges may be required of those children, nor may they have a voice or vote in the management of the society. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §2.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-3 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-3 - Representative form of government determined.

58-37A-3. Representative form of government determined.A society has a representative form of government if:(1)It has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:(a)The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates shall constitute a majority in number and may not have less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. The assembly shall be elected and shall meet at least once every four years and shall elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws;(b)The supreme governing body is a board composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by their representatives in intermediate assemblies, and any other persons prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member may not exceed four years. Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws. Those persons elected to the board shall constitute a majority in number and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered to be an elected member. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society;(2)The officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors;(3)Only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body and the board of directors; and(4)Each voting member shall have one vote; no vote may be cast by proxy. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §3.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-4 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-4 - Definition of terms.

58-37A-4. Definition of terms.Terms used in this chapter mean:(1)"Benefit contract," the agreement for provision of benefits authorized by §58-37A-16, as that agreement is described in §58-37A-19;(2)"Benefit member," any adult member who is designated by the laws or rules of the society to be a benefit member under a benefit contract;(3)"Certificate," the document issued as written evidence of the benefit contract;(4)"Laws," the society's articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws, however designated;(5)"Lodge," subordinate member units of the society, known as camps, courts, councils, branches, or by any other designation;(6)"Premiums," premiums, rates, dues, or other required contributions by whatever name known, which are payable under the certificate;(7)"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;(8)"Society," fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §4.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-5 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-5 - Benefits and purposes of society--Power to adopt laws and rules for governing the society.

58-37A-5. Benefits and purposes of society--Power to adopt laws and rules for governing the society.A society shall operate for the benefit of members and their beneficiaries by providing benefits as specified in §58-37A-16, and operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious purposes for the benefit of its members, which may also be extended to others. These purposes may be carried out directly by the society, or indirectly through subsidiary corporations or affiliated organizations. These subsidiaries or affiliated organizations shall comply with all other applicable provisions of the laws and are also subject to the requirements of chapter 58-5A.Every society may adopt laws and rules for the government of the society, the admission of its members, and the management of its affairs. It may change, alter, add to, or amend the laws and rules and has any other powers that are necessary and incidental to carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the society. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §5.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-6 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-6 - Specification of laws or rules--Membership rights.

58-37A-6. Specification of laws or rules--Membership rights.A society shall specify in its laws or rules:(1)Eligibility standards for each class of membership. If benefits are provided on the lives of children, the minimum age for adult membership shall be set at not less than age fifteen and not greater than age twenty-one;(2)The process for admission to membership for each membership class; and(3)The rights and privileges of each membership class. However, only benefit members have the right to vote on the management of the insurance affairs of the society.A society may also admit social members who have no voice or vote in the management of the insurance affairs of the society. Membership rights in the society are personal to the member and are not assignable. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §6.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-7 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-7 - Location of office and meetings--Official publication--Annual synopsis--Grievance procedures provided.

58-37A-7. Location of office and meetings--Official publication--Annual synopsis--Grievance procedures provided.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 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 these meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if these 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.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. Each required report, notice, and statement 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.Not later than June first 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 such synopsis may be published in the society's official publication.A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §7.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-9 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-9 - Provisions of laws may not be waived.

58-37A-9. Provisions of laws may not be waived.The laws of the society may provide that no subordinate body, nor any of its subordinate officers or members may waive any of the provisions of the laws of the society. This provision is binding on the society and every member and beneficiary of a member. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §9.
SD Codified L § 58-37A-11 (2021)
2021 South Dakota Codified Laws|Title 58 - Insurance|Chapter 37A - Fraternal Benefit Societies|Section 58-37A-11 - Amendments to society laws--Adoption--Filing--Printing as prima facie evidence.

58-37A-11. Amendments to society laws--Adoption--Filing--Printing as prima facie evidence.A domestic society may amend its laws in accordance with the provisions of this chapter by action of its supreme governing body at any regular or special meeting or, if its laws so provide, by referendum. A referendum may be held in accordance with the provisions of its laws by the vote of the voting members of the society, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members or by the vote of local lodges. A society may provide for voting by mail. No amendment submitted for adoption by referendum may be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission, two-thirds of the members voting have signified their consent to the amendment by one of the methods specified.No amendment to the laws of any domestic society may take effect unless approved by the director who shall approve the amendment if the director finds that it has been duly adopted and is not inconsistent with any requirement of the laws of this state or with the character, objects and purposes of the society. Unless the director disapproves the amendment within sixty days after the filing of it, the amendment shall be considered approved. The approval or disapproval of the director shall be in writing and mailed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society at its principal office. If the director disapproves the amendment, the reasons shall be stated in the written notice.Within ninety days from the approval by the director, each amendment, or a synopsis of the amendment, shall be furnished to all members of the society either by mail or by publication in full in the official publication of the society. The affidavit of any officer of the society or of anyone authorized by it to mail each amendment or synopsis, stating facts which show that same have been addressed and mailed, is prima facie evidence that the amendment or synopsis has been furnished to the addressee.Every foreign or alien society authorized to do business in this state shall file with the director a certified copy of all amendments of, or additions to, its laws within thirty days after their enactment.Printed copies of the laws as amended, certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the society are prima facie evidence of their legal adoption. Source: SL 1990, ch 410, §11.