GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 364
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 58-340.3(a)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1) Assembly.-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
shall not have less than a majority 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."
Sec. 2. G.S. 58-340.38(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision (5) to read:
"(5) An association of local lodges of a society now doing business in this State which provides death benefits not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) to any one person, provided, that the Commissioner may authorize the payment of death benefits not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) to any one person, or may authorize disability benefits not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), or may authorize both payments, in any one year to any one person."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1989.