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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73993</law_id><section_number>38.2-4111</section_number><catch_line>Amendments to laws</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="41">Fraternal Benefit Societies</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Governance</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A domestic <span class="dictionary">society</span> may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> in accordance with the provisions of those <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> by action of its supreme governing body at any regular or special meeting or, if its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> so provide, by <span class="dictionary">referendum</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">referendum</span> may be held in accordance with the provisions of its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> by the vote of the voting members of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>, by the vote of delegates or representatives of voting members, or by the vote of local <span class="dictionary">lodges</span>. A <span class="dictionary">society</span> may provide for voting by mail. No amendment submitted for adoption by <span class="dictionary">referendum</span> shall be adopted unless, within six months from the date of submission of the amendment, a majority of the members voting shall have signified their consent to such amendment by one of the methods herein specified. <a id="paragraph-266129" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4111/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No amendment to the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> of any domestic <span class="dictionary">society</span> shall take effect unless filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-266130" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4111/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Within ninety days from the filing specified in subsection B of this section, all such amendments, or a synopsis of the amendments, shall be furnished to all members of the <span class="dictionary">society</span> either by mail or by publication in full in the official publication of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>. The <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> of any officer of the <span class="dictionary">society</span> or of anyone authorized by it to mail any amendments or synopsis of the amendments, stating <span class="dictionary">facts</span> which show that same have been duly addressed and mailed, shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that such amendments or their synopsis have been furnished the addressee. <a id="paragraph-266131" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4111/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> At the request of the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>, a foreign or alien <span class="dictionary">society</span> authorized to do business in this Commonwealth shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> a duly certified copy of all amendments of, or additions to, its <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-266132" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4111/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Printed copies of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">laws</span></span> as amended, certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the <span class="dictionary">society</span>, shall be prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of their legal adoption. <a id="paragraph-266133" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4111/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38-277, 38-279, 38.1-593, 38.1-595; 1952, c. 317, &#xA7;&#xA7; 38.1-638.25, 38.1-638.27; 1968, c. 654; 1986, c. 562; 2002, c. 147.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
