§ 8-421. Membership

   (a) Admission of minors. --

   (1) A society may admit to membership an individual who:

      (i) is older than 14 1/2 years old; and

      (ii) gives the society evidence of insurability acceptable to the society.

   (2) A minor who is admitted to the society is:

      (i) bound by the terms of the application and certificate and by the laws and rules of the society; and

      (ii) entitled to the rights and privileges of membership as though the individual were an adult at the time of application.

(b) General and social members. -- A society also may admit general or social members who do not have a voice or vote in the management of the society's insurance affairs.

(c) Liability. -- The members of a grand, supreme, or subordinate lodge or branch of a society are not personally liable for payment of a benefit provided by the society.

(d) Rights and privileges. -- A society shall specify in its laws or rules the rights and privileges of each membership class.

(e) Rights not assignable. -- Membership rights in a society are personal to the member and not assignable.

HISTORY: CA § 6-413; 1995, ch. 36; 1997, ch. 183, § 1.