1. (a)

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

      1. (i) is older than 14 ½ years old; and
      2. (ii) gives the society evidence of insurability acceptable to the society.

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

      1. (i) bound by the terms of the application and certificate and by the laws and rules of the society; and
      2. (ii) entitled to the rights and privileges of membership as though the individual were an adult at the time of application.
2. (b) 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.
3. (c) 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.
4. (d) A society shall specify in its laws or rules the rights and privileges of each membership class.
5. (e) Membership rights in a society are personal to the member and not assignable.

Added by Acts 1995, c. 36, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1997, c. 183, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.