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64B.07 LOCATION OF OFFICE, MEETINGS, COMMUNICATIONS TO MEMBERS,
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
Subdivision 1. Location of office; meetings. 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 where 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 the
meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if the 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 English.
Subd. 2. Communications. (a) 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. The 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.
(b) 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 be
printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society or, in lieu thereof, the synopsis may be
published in the society's official publication.
Subd. 3. Grievance procedures. A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or
complaint procedures for members.
History: 1985 c 49 s 7
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.
Subdivision 1. Location of office; meetings. 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 where 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 the
meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if the 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 English.
Subd. 2. Communications. (a) 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. The 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.
(b) 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 be
printed and mailed to each benefit member of the society or, in lieu thereof, the synopsis may be
published in the society's official publication.
Subd. 3. Grievance procedures. A society may provide in its laws or rules for grievance or
complaint procedures for members.
History: 1985 c 49 s 7
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