William Penn Life, 2016 (51. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2016 / Különszám

WILLIAM PENN ASSOCIATION BY-LAWS

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 Benefit Certificate, 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

ROBERTS 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 Convention by such vote and quorum or by a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the entire Board present at any duly called regular or special meeting of the Board. In the event that any of the provisions of these By-Laws conflict with or hereafter shall conflict with any laws or insurance department rulings having the effect of law in any state in which the Association shall be licensed to do business, the Board may, in such instances, amend the By-Laws, so as to comply with such laws or rulings.

1. In order to be considered by the General Convention, amendments in resolution form must be filed with the National Vice President-Secretary by eighty-five (85) days prior to the next Regular Session of the General Convention, and be referred to the By-Laws Committee. Thereafter, such proposed amendments and any other required proposed amendments initiated by the Board, if approved by the Board, shall be submitted to the Convention Delegates for their consideration and approval.

2. Such amendments may be initiated by:

a. the Board;

b. any Branch if filed with the National Vice President-Secretary by eighty-five (85) days prior to the next Regular Session of the General Convention;

c. a resolution signed by twenty-five (25) Delegates;

d. written request of twenty-five (25%) percent of the Delegates on the first day of any Regular Session of the General Convention or of any Special Session called for the purpose of considering the amendment; or

e. the By-Laws Committee, subject to approval of the Board.

3. The National Vice President-Secretary shall mail to each Delegate ten (10) days prior to the convening of any Regular or Special Session of the General Convention copies of the revised By-Laws incorporating the proposed amendments recommended by the Board.

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