Fraternity-Testvériség, 2000 (78. évfolyam, 1-4. szám)
2000-10-01 / 4. szám
88. No assignment of the certificate shall be binding on the Federation, with a sole exception of an assignment to the Federation itself, without its expressed consent, nor are the benefits liable to attachment, garnishment or other process, nor can they be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of laws to pay any debt or liability of an insured member or of the beneficiary or beneficiaries named in the certificates. 89. No action at law or in equity shall be brought or maintained on any cause or claim arising out of membership in the Federation or any beneficiary certificate thereof, unless said action is commenced within three years from the time the cause of action accrues. 90. The Federation will annually value all of its certificates maintaining thereon the reserve required by the various Experience Tables of Mortality. If the annual valuation discloses that such reserves are impaired, a special assessment may be levied to protect the interest of the insured members; and upon failure of any member to comply with such lawful arrangement, his or her certificate may be charged with its equitable share of such a deficiency, as a lien, to be deducted, together with interest at the rate of one percent (1%) over the then prevailing prime rate per annum, compounded annually, in any settlement thereunder. As an alternative, a member may request a reduction of the corresponding insurance benefit proportionate to the value of the additional contributions. ARTICLE XIV TRUST FUND Unclaimed and Abandoned Property 91. Claims under any certificate or rider shall be submitted on forms prescribed. The furnishing of such forms shall not constitute an acknowledgment of liability nor be deemed a waiver of any rights or defenses available to the Federation, nor shall it be deemed a waiver of the right to demand further proofs. ARTICLE XV COVERAGE 92. All provisions of these By-Laws shall be applicable with the same force and effect to all members and branches located in the various States of the United States of America. ARTICLE XVI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Miscellaneous Provisions 93. Only the Executive Committee with approval of the Sales and Marketing Committee of the Federation shall have the power to waive any provisions of these By-Laws relating to admissibility to membership, payment of dues and assessments, change of beneficiaries, or any of the provisions of the membership certificates, and any action taken by someone else through inadvertence or oversight shall not operate by way of waiver or estoppel against the Federation. 94. Should any provision of these By-Laws conflict with the laws of the United States of America or any of the States wherein the Federation is licensed to operate, the provisions of the laws of the United States of America or of the States shall pevail to the same extent as if specifically incorporated herein. 95. Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the conduct and procedures of meetings unless otherwise stated in the By-Laws. 96. Any reference herein to the male gender shall be interpreted as referring to both genders, and the singular shall include the plural, unless the context of said reference shall indicate otherwise. 97. Any notice required by these By-Laws, by the Charter of the Federation or by the laws of the United States of America or of any of the States wherein the Federation is licensed to operate may be waived in writing by any person entitled to notice. The waiver or waivers may be executed either before or after the event with respect to which notice is waived. Any member attending a meeting without protesting, prior to its conclusion, the lack of poper notice shall be deemed conclusively to have waived notice of the meeting. ARTICLE XVII AMENDMENTS TO THE BY-LAWS 98. Amendments to the By-Laws may only be made by the Convention. Amendments may be proposed by the Board of Directors or a branch. Any such proposed amendment will take effect immediately upon adoption, unless otherwise specified in the resolution proposing said amendment. All poposed amendments to the By-Laws by a branch shall be forwarded to the Chairman of the Board of Directors at least three (3) months before the first day of the Convention. The proposed amendments shall be pesented to the Board of Directors for their recommendations. The poposed amendments, together with the respective recommendations of the Board of Directors, shall be mailed to the Convention delegates prior to the Convention. Amendments may only be passed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members of the Convention. Between Conventions, the Board of Directors may submit proposed amendments to the By-Laws to the members of the Convention for consideration and approval, either at a Special Convention called in accordance with the provisions of Section 24 herein or by mail in accordance with such standards and procedures as may be promulgated by the Board of Directors pursuant to the povisions of Section 12 herein. Merger and Consolidation 99. The Convention shall have the ultimate right to appove any proposed merger or consolidation of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America with any other organization. Dissolution 101. Whenever the voting membership of the Federation shall diminish to one hundred fifty (150) members or less, a special meeting of the Convention shall be called, whereupon a plan of procedure shall be adoped as to the dissolution or reorganization of the Federation. 102. The dissolution and liquidation of the Federation shall be in accordance with and in compliance with the laws and pocedures governing and relating to same of the United States of America and of any State(s) having jurisdiction thereof. RESOLUTION These By-Laws were revised and published by the By-Laws Committee of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America according to the resolution and direct instruction of the regular Convention of the Federation held from September 25- 29, 2000, in Toledo, Ohio. CERTIFICATION I, George Dózsa, of the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, hereby certify that the annexed copy of the By-Laws of the said Federation is a true, exact, and complete copy thereof: the By-Laws having been revised and amended and lawfully adopted by the 36th Convention of the Federation held from September 25-29, J000, in Toledo, Ohio. Given under my hand and seal of the said Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, as hereto affixed at Washington, D.C., this 151,1 day of November A.D., 2000. Subscribed and sworn to before me, A Notary Public, this 15 th day of November A.D., 2000. Notary Public Members of the Committee: George Dózsa Endre Csornán Suzanne S. Virgulák John K. Morey Rev. Stefan M. Torok Dr. Richard W. Aros William B. Puskas, Jr., Esq., Legal Advisor Helen Szabó, MI Jerry Wyttenbach, NJ Rev. Arpad Drotos, NY Margaret Ayers, OH Olga Darnay, PA Katherine Mischak, IN By-Laws 2000 Edition Page 8
