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urn: urn:us-la:rs:22:281
citation: "R.S. 22:281"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 22 › Chapter 2 › Part I › Subpart J"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1958, number: 125, section: None, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1987, number: 470, section: 1, effective_date: 1988-01-01, role: amendment }
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# Fraternal benefit societies

A fraternal benefit society is any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, including one exempted under the provisions of R.S. 22:317(A)(2), whether incorporated or not, conducted solely for the benefit of its members and their beneficiaries and not for profit, operated on a lodge system with ritualistic form of work, having a representative form of government, and which provides benefits in accordance with this Subpart.