William Penn Life, 2007 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2007 / Különszám
The By-Laws action must be started within three (3) years from the date the claim arises. Section 1110. RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS NOT A WAIVER - If the Association receives and temporarily holds a payment of premium, this action shall not constitute waiver of any of its defenses. If a certificate has lapsed or been forfeited, or if the Association has received a notice of cancellation, the payment of any premium for the certificate shall not revive or continue the certificate, whether made on notice of premium due or otherwise, and the amount of the payment shall be returned to the Member. ARTICLE 12-TAXES Should any jurisdiction in which this Association is licensed to do business require the Association to pay any sum as a tax on the receipts of the Association, the Board may, after the payment of said tax, by resolution, make a levy of the full amount of the tax on the Members in such jurisdiction, apportioning such amount in proportion to the premiums of each Member. Notice of such payment shall be given by the publication of a resolution of the Board in the official publication, and also by notice by the National Vice President-Secretary of the Association to the Members in said jurisdiction. Such publication and notice shall be deemed and held sufficient notice thereof to all Members within said jurisdiction. If such special payment is not paid to the Association at its Home Office on or before ninety (90) days from the date of issue of the official notice, the amount of such tax shall be charged against any monies due at any time on the certificate of such Member, with interest not to exceed statutory limits. ARTICLE 13 - FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day of December. The annual statement of the transactions of each fiscal year shall be prepared in accordance with the regulations of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department, and other applicable state insurance departments. ARTICLE 14 - OFFICIAL PUBLICATION: NOTICES Section 1401. The Association shall publish an official publication. Section 1402. Any notice to the Members or officers of the Association required to be given, including convention calls, elections, changes to the Charter or By-Laws, shall be made in such official publication, and such notice shall have the same effect as though given personally in writing. Placing a copy of such official publication in the mail to the last known address of any Member shall be sufficient service of such notice to him or her. An affidavit by the National Vice President-Secretary certifying that such official publication was mailed to each Member on the mailing list shall be filed with the minutes of the Board at its next meeting after publication of such notice. Section 1403. In addition to the notice provided for in Section 1402, notices to Members at Branches or Delegate Districts may also be given, when authorized by the Board, National President, or National Vice President-Secretary, by publication of such notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or area where each Branch is located. ARTICLE 15 - RESTRICTIONS OF AUTHORITY Section 1501. No agent or representative and no Branch or Branch Officers or Members shall have authority to obligate the Association for the payment of any money by note, endorsement, contract or agreement of any kind, or to waive any terms of the certificates or policies, Charter or By-Laws. In the event that any officer, agent or representative of this Association shall attempt to make any contract or stipulation whereby anything is promised to be performed contrary to the Charter, By-Laws, or Certificate of Life Membership, such promise, contract or stipulation shall be void and of no effect. Section 1502. Only such modification of benefits as shall be duly authorized by the Association and attested to either by the National President or the National Vice President-Secretary of the Association shall be valid. ARTICLE 16 ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER TO GOVERN Unless otherwise provided in the Charter or By-Laws of the Association, or unless superseded by actions of the Board pursuant to the Charter or By-Laws, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the proceedings at all sessions of the General Convention and at all meetings of the Board, Committees, and Branches. ARTICLE 17 INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION Section 1701. All matters of interpretation and construction of these By-Laws shall be decided by a majority of the entire Board, and such decisions shall be final. Section 1702. Whenever the context shall so require, all words in the Charter or By-Laws in the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter gender; and all singular words shall include the plural, and all plural words shall include the singular. ARTICLE 18 - AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS Section 1801. PROCEDURE - Articles 2,3,18 and 19 of these By-Laws may be amended only by the General Convention by not less than a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the certified Delegates present at any Regular or Special Session of the General Convention, provided a quorum is present, or by mail referendum of the Delegates as provided in these By-Laws. All other provisions of these By-Laws may be amended by either the General William Penn fife, Special Convention Edition, December 2007 43
