{"law_id":"785830","section_number":"38.2-4106","catch_line":"Location of office; meetings, communications to members; grievance procedures","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 38-259, 38-318, 38.1-576, 38.1-626; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7\u00a7 38.1-638.8, 38.1-638.47; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562.","order_by":null,"metadata":false,"court_decisions":{},"official_url":"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/38.2-4106\/","refers_to":false,"url":"\/38.2-4106\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4106","structure":{"1":{"id":"457","name":"Membership","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/38.2\/41\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"456","name":"Fraternal Benefit Societies","identifier":"41","label":"chapter","url":"\/38.2\/41\/"},"3":{"id":"7","name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","url":"\/38.2\/"}},"referred_to_by":false,"edition_id":"11","section_id":"785830","structure_id":"457","full_text":"A The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this Commonwealth.  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 any other location determined by the supreme governing body. All business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in this Commonwealth.  The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be in the English language.\r\rC A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.\r\r","text":{"0":{"id":"2534770","text":"The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this Commonwealth.  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 any other location determined by the supreme governing body. All business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in this Commonwealth.  The minutes of the proceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be in the English language.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1},"1":{"id":"2534771","text":"","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1},"2":{"id":"2534772","text":" 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.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"B1","prefix_anchor":"B1","level":2},"3":{"id":"2534773","text":" 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 thereby disclosed shall either (i) be printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society or (ii) published in the society’s official publication.","type":"section","prefixes":["B","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"B2","prefix_anchor":"B2","level":2},"4":{"id":"2534774","text":"A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint procedures for members.","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1}},"ancestry":{"1":{"id":"457","name":"Membership","identifier":"2","label":"article","url":"\/38.2\/41\/2\/"},"2":{"id":"456","name":"Fraternal Benefit Societies","identifier":"41","label":"chapter","url":"\/38.2\/41\/"},"3":{"id":"7","name":"Insurance","identifier":"38.2","label":"title","url":"\/38.2\/"}},"structure_contents":{"0":{"id":"783848","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4105","catch_line":"Qualifications for membership","url":"\/38.2-4105\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4105"},"1":{"id":"785830","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4106","catch_line":"Location of office; meetings, communications to members; grievance procedures","url":"\/38.2-4106\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4106"},"2":{"id":"765268","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4107","catch_line":"No personal liability","url":"\/38.2-4107\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4107"},"3":{"id":"766945","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4108","catch_line":"Waiver","url":"\/38.2-4108\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4108"}},"previous_section":{"id":"783848","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4105","catch_line":"Qualifications for membership","url":"\/38.2-4105\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4105"},"next_section":{"id":"765268","structure_id":"457","section_number":"38.2-4107","catch_line":"No personal liability","url":"\/38.2-4107\/","token":"38.2\/41\/2\/38.2-4107"},"references":false,"formats":{"txt":"\/38.2-4106.txt","json":"\/38.2-4106.json","xml":"\/38.2-4106.xml"},"dublin_core":{"Title":"Location of office; meetings, communications to members; grievance procedures","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-4106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCATION OF OFFICE; MEETINGS, COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS; GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES\n(\u00a7 38.2-4106)\n\nA. The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in this\nCommonwealth.  The meetings of its supreme governing body may be held in any\nstate, district, province or territory wherein such society has at least one\nsubordinate lodge, or in any other location determined by the supreme governing\nbody. All business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects\nas if such meetings were held in this Commonwealth.  The minutes of the\nproceedings of the supreme governing body and of the board of directors shall be\nin the English language.\n\nB. \n\n   1.  A society may provide in its laws for an official publication in which any\n   notice, report, or statement required by law to be given to members, including\n   notice of election, may be published.  Such required reports, notices, and\n   statements shall be printed conspicuously in the publication. If the records\n   of a society show that two or more members have the same mailing address, an\n   official publication mailed to one member is deemed to be mailed to all\n   members at the same address unless a member requests a separate copy.\n\n   2.  Not later than June 1 of each year, a synopsis of the society’s\n   annual statement providing an explanation of the facts concerning the\n   condition of the society thereby disclosed shall either (i) be printed and\n   mailed to each benefit member of the society or (ii) published in the\n   society’s official publication.\n\nC. A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or complaint\nprocedures for members.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7\u00a7 38-259, 38-318, 38.1-576, 38.1-626; 1952, c. 317, \u00a7\u00a7\n38.1-638.8, 38.1-638.47; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562."}