(1) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be so construed as to affect or apply to:
(a)  Grand or subordinate lodges of societies, orders or associations now doing business in this state which provide benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges;
(b)  Orders, societies or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in one (1) or more crafts or hazardous occupations, in the same or similar lines of business; and the ladies societies or ladies auxiliaries to such orders, societies or associations;
(c)  Domestic societies which limit their membership to employees of a particular city, designated firm, business house or corporation which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars ($400) or disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350) to any person in any one (1) year, or both;
(d)  Domestic societies or associations of a purely religious, charitable or benevolent description, which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred dollars ($400) or for disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars ($350) to any one (1) person in any one (1) year, or both.
(2)  Any such society or association described in subparagraphs (1)(c) and (1)(d) of this section which provides for death or disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any such society or association included in subparagraph (1)(d) of this section which has more than one thousand (1,000) members, shall not be exempted from the provisions of this chapter but shall comply with all requirements thereof.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 41-3237

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Director: shall mean the director of the department of insurance of this state. See Idaho Code 41-3204
  • Laws: shall mean the society’s articles of incorporation, constitution and bylaws, however designated. See Idaho Code 41-3204
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Society: shall mean fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Idaho Code 41-3204
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (3)  No society which, by the provisions of this section, is exempt from the requirements of this chapter, except any society described in subparagraph (1)(b) of this section, shall give or allow, or promise to give or allow to any person any compensation for procuring new members.
    (4)  Every fraternal benefit society heretofore organized and incorporated and which provides exclusively for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accident, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or sick benefits shall have all of the privileges and be subject to all the applicable provisions of this chapter except that the privileges thereof relating to medical examination, valuations of benefit certificates, and incontestability shall not apply to such society.
    (5)  The director may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable the director to determine whether such society or association is exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
    (6)  Societies exempted under the provisions of this section shall also be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of this state.