614.14 Powers under organization permit and deposit of proceeds of subscriptions.
614.16 Termination of organization permit and payment of organization expenses.
614.18 Incorporators' liability and organization expenses.
614.19 Initial surplus requirements.
614.20 Certificate of authority.
614.22 Accelerated organization procedure.
614.24 Segregated accounts, variable benefits and subsidiaries.
614.28 Changes in business plan.
614.29 Amendment of articles of incorporation.
SUBCHAPTER III
SECURITIES OF FRATERNALS
614.31 Securities regulation.
614.33 Authorized securities.
SUBCHAPTER IV
MANAGEMENT OF FRATERNALS
614.41 Communications to members.
614.42 Representative form of government.
614.43 Annual report to fraternal members.
614.51 Board of directors.
614.53 Removal of directors and officers and filling of vacancies.
614.54 Supervision of management changes.
614.55 Continuity of management in emergencies.
614.56 Committees of directors.
614.57 Interlocking directorates and other relationships.
614.60 Transactions with affiliates and in which directors and others are interested.
614.62 Directors' liability and indemnification.
614.63 Executive compensation.
614.66 Exclusive agency contracts and management contracts.
SUBCHAPTER V
CORPORATE REORGANIZATION
614.73 Merger and consolidation of fraternals.
614.74 Voluntary dissolution of solvent domestic fraternals.
614.76 Voluntary conversion of fraternals to mutuals.
614.77 Rehabilitation or involuntary conversion.
SUBCHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
614.82 Fraternal expenditures and activities.
614.94 Fraternals as fundholders.
614.96 Exemption of fraternal benefits.
Ch. 614 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in ss.
600.03,
610.01 and
628.02.
Ch. 614 Note
NOTE: Chapter 373, laws of 1975, which created this chapter of the statutes, contains notes explaining the revision. See the 1975 session law volume.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
614.01(1)(a)
(a) A "fraternal", also called a "fraternal benefit society" or "mutual benefit society" is a corporation organized or operating under this chapter that:
614.01(1)(a)2.b.
b. Any lawful social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic or religious purposes for the benefit of its members or the public, carried on through voluntary activity of its members in their local lodges or through institutional programs of the fraternal or its local lodges;
614.01(1)(a)5.
5. Provides insurance benefits authorized under this chapter.
614.01(1)(b)
(b) The "laws" of a fraternal include its articles of incorporation and bylaws, however designated.
614.01(1)(c)2.
2. Subordinate to the supreme governing body there are local lodges (whatever they may be called) into which natural persons are admitted as members in accordance with the laws of the fraternal;
614.01(1)(c)3.
3. The local lodges are required by the laws of the fraternal to hold regular meetings at least monthly; and
614.01(1)(c)4.
4. The local lodges engage regularly in programs involving member participation to implement the purposes of
par. (a) 2. b.
614.01(1)(d)
(d) A "representative form of government" exists if and only if the fraternal complies with
s. 614.42.
614.01(5)
(5) In any section of the statutes made applicable to fraternals by this chapter, the technical terms used in those statutes are applicable to fraternals despite the customary use of other parallel terms by fraternals.
614.02
614.02
Scope and purposes. 614.02(1)(a)(a)
Domestic fraternals. This chapter applies to all fraternals organized under the laws of this state.
614.02(1)(b)
(b)
Nondomestic fraternals. Except as expressly provided in this chapter and in
s. 618.26, this chapter does not apply to nondomestic fraternals.
614.02(2)
(2) Purposes. The purposes of this chapter are:
614.02(2)(a)
(a) To provide a complete, self-contained procedure for the formation of fraternals.
614.02(2)(b)
(b) To assure the solidity of fraternals by providing an organizational framework to facilitate sound management, sound operation and sound regulation.
614.02(2)(c)
(c) To strengthen internal fraternal democracy through as much member participation as is practicable.
614.02(2)(d)
(d) To encourage the fulfillment of the special purposes of fraternals.
614.02 History
History: 1975 c. 373.
614.03
614.03
Orders imposing and relaxing restrictions. 614.03(2)
(2) Orders eliminating restrictions. The commissioner may free a new fraternal from any or all of the restrictions generally applicable only to new fraternals under the provisions enumerated in
sub. (1) if satisfied that its financial condition, management or other circumstances give assurance that the interests of insureds and the public will not be endangered thereby.
614.03 History
History: 1975 c. 373,
421.
614.05
614.05
Applicability of other insurance laws to fraternals. 614.05(1)(1)
Chapters 611 and 619. No section of
ch. 611 or
619 applies to fraternals unless it is specifically made applicable by this chapter.
614.05(2)
(2) Applicable portions. Each other section of
chs. 600 to
646 that applies to mutuals subject to
ch. 611 also applies to domestic and nondomestic fraternals unless:
614.05(2)(a)
(a) This chapter or the particular section provides otherwise; or
614.05(2)(b)
(b) The particular section is inconsistent with a provision applying explicitly to fraternals, in this chapter or elsewhere.
614.07
614.07
General corporate powers and procedures.