Indiana Code 23-5-2-9. Mutual mortuary benefits
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Sec. 9. (a) This chapter shall not authorize the organization of any banking, insurance, telegraph, mining, manufacturing, warehouse, or transportation company, but any board of trade or other commercial organization organized under this chapter may create and operate among its members a system of mutual mortuary benefits and may raise the benefits, after the death of each member who is a subscriber to the mortuary benefit fund, by an assessment of not more than four dollars ($4) upon each living member for the benefit of the beneficiaries of such deceased member described in the articles of association or bylaws of the corporation or for the benefit of the beneficiaries named by the member conformably to the articles of association or bylaws.
(c) The corporation shall only be liable to any beneficiary to the extent for the assessment in the beneficiary’s favor that has been received by it, and the fund so collected shall not be depleted by any salary of officers or other expenses, but the whole thereof shall be paid to the beneficiary.
(b) The corporation may make continued membership in the corporation itself, of a living member, conditional upon the member’s paying such assessments promptly.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-5-2-9
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- 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.
Formerly: Acts 1875, c.5, s.9; Acts 1901, c.191, s.1. As amended by P.L.34-1987, SEC.333; P.L.1-1989, SEC.47.