(1) If the commissioner upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state:
(a) Has exceeded its powers;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.29-311

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Society: shall mean fraternal benefit society, unless otherwise indicated. See Kentucky Statutes 304.29-041
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this subtitle; (c) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or
(d) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public;
the commissioner shall notify the society of the deficiency or deficiencies and state in writing the reasons for his or her dissatisfaction. The commissioner shall issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency or deficiencies which exist are corrected. After the notice, the society shall have a thirty (30) day period in which to comply with the commissioner’s request for correction; and if the society fails to comply, the commissioner shall notify the society of the findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked, or refused. If on that date the society does not present good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked, or refused, the commissioner may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the commissioner that suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the commissioner may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time the society was legally authorized to transact business herein.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1402, effective July 15, 2010. — Created
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 310, sec. 31, effective January 1, 1989.