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MI Comp L § 500.8192 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8192 - Foreign or Alien Society; Deficiencies; Notice; Request for Correction; Noncompliance; Suspension, Revocation, or Refusal of License; Contracts.

500.8192 Foreign or alien society; deficiencies; notice; request for correction; noncompliance; suspension, revocation, or refusal of license; contracts. Sec. 8192.  (1) If the commissioner upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state has exceeded its powers, has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith, or is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public, the commissioner shall notify the society of his or her findings and state in writing the reasons for his or her dissatisfaction. The commissioner shall issue immediately a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency or deficiencies that exist be corrected. After the notice the society shall have a 30-day period in which to comply with the commissioner's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply, the commissioner shall notify the society of the findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked, or refused. If on that date the society does not present good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked, or refused, the commissioner may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the commissioner that the suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the commissioner may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.  (2) Nothing in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing a society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time that the society was legally authorized to transact business in this state. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8193 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8193 - Application or Petition for Injunction; Recognition.

500.8193 Application or petition for injunction; recognition. Sec. 8193.  An application or petition for injunction against any domestic, foreign, or alien society, or lodge of such a society, shall not be recognized in any court of this state unless commenced by the attorney general upon request of the commissioner. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8194 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8194 - Agent of Society; License Required; Exceptions.

500.8194 Agent of society; license required; exceptions. Sec. 8194.  An agent of a society shall be licensed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 12 regulating the licensing, revocation, suspension, or termination of licenses of resident and nonresident agents except that an examination or license shall not be required of any regular salaried officer, employee, or member of a licensed society who devotes substantially all of his or her services to activities other than the solicitation of fraternal insurance contracts from the public, and who receives for the solicitation of such contracts no commission or other compensation directly dependent upon the amount of business obtained. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8195 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8195 - Society Subject to Chapter 20.

500.8195 Society subject to chapter 20.  Sec. 8195.  Each society authorized to do business in this state shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 20 relating to unfair trade practices except that chapter 20 shall not be construed as applying to or affecting the right of a society to determine its eligibility requirements for membership, or be construed as applying to or affecting the offering of benefits exclusively to members or persons eligible for membership in the society by a subsidiary corporation or affiliated organization of the society. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8196 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8196 - Service of Process.

500.8196 Service of process. Sec. 8196.  (1) Each society authorized to do business in this state shall appoint in writing the commissioner and each successor in office to be its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against it shall be served, and shall agree in that writing that any lawful process against it that is served on the commissioner shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the society, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains outstanding in this state. Copies of the appointment, certified by the commissioner, shall be sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original might be admitted.  (2) Service shall only be made upon the commissioner, or the commissioner's deputy. Service shall be made in duplicate and shall constitute sufficient service upon the society. If legal process against a society is served upon the commissioner, the commissioner shall forward immediately 1 of the duplicate copies prepaid and directed to the secretary or corresponding officer of the society. Such service shall not require a society to file its answer, pleading, or defense in less than 30 days from the date of mailing the copy of the service to a society. Legal process shall not be served upon a society except in the manner provided in this section and upon payment of the fee specified in section 456. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8197 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8197 - False or Fraudulent Statement or Representation as Misdemeanor or Perjury; Violation of MCL 500.8177 as Felony; Soliciting or Procuring Membership in Unlicensed Society as Misdemeanor; Violation of or Noncompliance With Chapter; Penalties.

500.8197 False or fraudulent statement or representation as misdemeanor or perjury; violation of MCL 500.8177 as felony; soliciting or procuring membership in unlicensed society as misdemeanor; violation of or noncompliance with chapter; penalties. Sec. 8197.  (1) A person, officer, member, or examining physician of any society authorized to do business under this chapter, who knowingly or willfully makes a false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to an application for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining money from or benefit in any society transacting business under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 1 year, or by a fine of not less than $100.00 or more than $500.00, or both.  (2) A person who willfully makes a false statement of a material fact or thing in a sworn statement as to the death or disability of a certificate holder in a society for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate of the holder, and a person who willfully makes a false statement in a verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this chapter, is guilty of perjury.  (3) A person who violates section 8177 is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both.  (4) A person who solicits membership for or in any manner assists in procuring membership in a society not licensed to do business in this state is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $200.00.  (5) A person guilty of a willful violation of or neglect or refusal to comply with the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not otherwise prescribed is subject to the penalty provided in section 150. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8198 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8198 - Decisions and Findings of Commissioner; Judicial Review.

500.8198 Decisions and findings of commissioner; judicial review. Sec. 8198.  All decisions and findings of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by proper proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in this state.  History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8199a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-81A - Chapter 81a Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8161...500.8199a)|Section 500.8199a - Additional Chapters and Provisions Applicable to Fraternal Benefit Society.

500.8199a Additional chapters and provisions applicable to fraternal benefit society. Sec. 8199a.  A fraternal benefit society transacting business in this state and not exempt from the provisions of this chapter under section 8199 is also subject to the following additional chapters and provisions of this act, as applicable:  (a) Chapter 1.  (b) Chapter 2. However, as to section 240, only subsection (1)(c), (d), (h), and (j) apply, except as provided in section 5222.  (c) Sections 403, 405a, 436, 436a, 437, 476a, 839, 5222, and 5256.  (d) Chapter 9.  (e) Chapter 11.  (f) Chapter 34.  (g) Chapter 38.  (h) Chapter 39.  (i) Chapter 40 except as to section 4004.  (j) Chapter 81. History: Add. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 84, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1992 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 226, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1994 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 457, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1999 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8204 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8204 - Fraternal Benefit Society; Reorganization Into Legal Reserve Premium Company; Amendment of Articles.

500.8204 Fraternal benefit society; reorganization into legal reserve premium company; amendment of articles. Sec. 8204.  Any existing fraternal benefit society may amend its articles of incorporation and bylaws in such a way as to transform itself into a legal reserve level premium company doing business as a mutual company, but only after complying with the provisions of this chapter. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8206 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8206 - Reorganization; Proposed Articles and Bylaws; Filing With Insurance Commissioner.

500.8206 Reorganization; proposed articles and bylaws; filing with insurance commissioner. Sec. 8206.  Whenever any such society shall propose to transform itself into a legal reserve level premium company as herein provided, it shall file with the commissioner, its proposed articles and bylaws, its plan of transformation, setting forth in detail the terms and conditions of such transformation and also the method by which it proposes to protect the interests of its membership. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8208 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8208 - Reorganization; Hearing on Petition.

500.8208 Reorganization; hearing on petition.  Sec. 8208.  The commissioner may proceed to hear and determine such petition without notice, or, if he deems it necessary that such notice should be given in order to conserve the interests of the membership, he shall require the society to first notify, by mail, all of the members of such society of the pendency of such petition, the contents of such notice to be determined by the commissioner.  History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8210 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8210 - Reorganization; Member's Right to Appear.

500.8210 Reorganization; member's right to appear. Sec. 8210.  When notice shall have been given, as above provided, any member of such society shall have the right to appear before the commissioner and be heard with reference to the petition. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8212 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8212 - Reorganization; Examination; Witnesses.

500.8212 Reorganization; examination; witnesses.  Sec. 8212.  The commissioner may also make such examination into the affairs and conditions of the society as he deems proper, and shall have power to summon and compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of books and papers, and may administer oaths. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8214 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8214 - Reorganization; Authorization by Insurance Commissioner; Modification.

500.8214 Reorganization; authorization by insurance commissioner; modification. Sec. 8214.  If satisfied that the interests of the membership of said society are properly protected and that no reasonable objection to said petition exists, the commissioner may authorize in writing, such transformation, or may first require such modification thereof as may seem to him necessary for the best interests of such membership.  History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8216 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8216 - Reorganization; Order; Disposition of Assets.

500.8216 Reorganization; order; disposition of assets. Sec. 8216.  The commissioner shall make such order and disposition of the assets of any such society as in his judgment may be just and equitable. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8218 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8218 - Reorganization; Submission of Plan to Governing Body of Society; Meeting.

500.8218 Reorganization; submission of plan to governing body of society; meeting. Sec. 8218.  The commissioner shall require the plan of transformation to be submitted to the supreme governing body of such society, to be voted upon. When submitted, it shall be either at a regular meeting of the supreme governing body or at a special meeting of same called for that purpose. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8220 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8220 - Reorganization; Special Meeting; Notice; Approval; Required Vote; Proxies.

500.8220 Reorganization; special meeting; notice; approval; required vote; proxies. Sec. 8220.  A notice of said special meeting, in the form approved by the commissioner, shall be given in accordance with the requirement of the bylaws of such society. When so submitted, a majority vote of the supreme governing body present and voting, as authorized by its articles of incorporation and bylaws, shall be necessary to an approval of such plan of transformation; and no proxies shall in any case be voted. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8224 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8224 - Reorganization; Members; Referendum.

500.8224 Reorganization; members; referendum.  Sec. 8224.  If the supreme governing body approves the plan of transformation, the board of directors or other managing body of such society shall submit the plan to a referendum vote of the members of such society, and if the result of such vote shall show that the majority of the members of such society has voted to repeal the action of the supreme governing body, then the same shall be considered as repealed by such society and shall be null and of no effect.  History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8228 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8228 - Reorganization; Plan; Approval by Insurance Commissioner; Vote; Results.

500.8228 Reorganization; plan; approval by insurance commissioner; vote; results. Sec. 8228.  Any such plan of transformation submitted to the supreme governing body as herein contemplated, must first have been approved by the commissioner; and the result of said vote must be filed with such commissioner and be by him determined before any transformation shall be so effective. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8232 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8232 - Reorganization; Plan; Adoption Requirements.

500.8232 Reorganization; plan; adoption requirements. Sec. 8232.  No such transformation shall take place until after its plan has been approved by the commissioner, either with or without a hearing as herein provided, and until such approved plan has been adopted by a majority vote of the board of directors or board of trustees of such society; and, if submitted to the supreme governing body, until such approved plan has also been adopted by a majority vote of the said supreme governing body present and voting. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8240 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8240 - Applicability of MCL 500.8204 to 500.8232.

500.8240 Applicability of MCL 500.8204 to 500.8232. Sec. 8240.  Nothing in sections 8204 through 8232 shall be construed to apply to any association exempt from the provisions of chapter 81a in accordance with the provisions of section 8199. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 1, Eff. Apr. 1, 1990 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8242 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8242 - Reorganization; Effect; Continuation of Original Corporation; Powers; Officers.

500.8242 Reorganization; effect; continuation of original corporation; powers; officers. Sec. 8242.  Any such society so transformed, shall incur the obligations and enjoy the benefits thereof the same as though originally thus incorporated, and such corporation, under its charter as thus amended, shall be a continuation of such original corporation, and the officers thereof shall serve through their respective terms as provided in the original charter, but their successors shall be elected and serve as in such amended articles provided. Any society so transformed shall have the power to acquire, own, hold, lease, mortgage, sell and convey personal and real property, and to provide the necessary funds, and to do all things necessary for the purpose of operating and maintaining such hospitals, asylums, sanitariums, schools, or homes as it was operating and maintaining when so transformed and it shall have the power to discontinue operating and maintaining the same and to lease, mortgage, sell and convey the personal and real property acquired for use in connection therewith. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218
MI Comp L § 500.8246 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 500 - Insurance Code of 1956|Act 218 of 1956 - The Insurance Code of 1956 (500.100 - 500.8302)|218-1956-82 - Chapter 82 Transformation of Fraternal Benefit Societies (500.8204...500.8254)|Section 500.8246 - Amendment or Reincorporation; Saving Clause.

500.8246 Amendment or reincorporation; saving clause. Sec. 8246.  Such amendment or reincorporation shall not affect existing suits, claims, or contracts. History: 1956, Act 218, Eff. Jan. 1, 1957 Popular Name: Act 218