Sec. 38a-625. (Formerly Sec. 38-247). Exempt societies.
Sec. 38a-625. (Formerly Sec. 38-247). Exempt societies. Nothing contained in
sections 38a-595 to 38a-626, inclusive, 38a-631 to 38a-640, inclusive, and 38a-800 shall
be so construed as to affect or apply to: (a) Grand or subordinate lodges of societies,
orders or associations doing business in this state on January 1, 1958, which provide
benefits exclusively through local or subordinate lodges; (b) orders, societies or associations which admit to membership only persons engaged in one 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 or town, designated firm, business house or corporation which provide for a death benefit of not more than four hundred
dollars or disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars to any person
in any one 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 or for disability benefits of not more than three hundred fifty dollars
to any one person in any one year or both; or (e) nonprofit voluntary associations which
provide ambulance service, and are financed by subscription or gifts only. Any such
society or association described in subdivision (c) or (d), which provides for death or
disability benefits for which benefit certificates are issued, and any such society or
association included in subdivision (d) which has more than one thousand members,
shall not be exempted from the provisions of sections 38a-595 to 38a-626, inclusive,
38a-631 to 38a-640, inclusive, and 38a-800 but shall comply with all requirements
hereof. No society which, by the provisions of this section, is exempt from the requirements of said sections, except any society described in subdivision (b), shall give or
allow, or promise to give or allow, to any person any compensation for procuring new
members. Every society which provides for benefits in case of death or disability resulting solely from accidents, and which does not obligate itself to pay natural death or
sick benefits, shall have all the privileges and be subject to all the applicable provisions
and regulations of said sections, except that the provisions hereof relating to medical
examination, valuations of benefit certificates and incontestability shall not apply to
such society. The commissioner may require from any society or association, by examination or otherwise, such information as will enable him to determine whether such
society or association is exempt from the provisions of said sections. Societies, exempted
under the provisions of this section, shall also be exempt from all other provisions of
the insurance laws of this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 6268, 6274; 1953, S. 2852d; 1957, P.A. 448, S. 42; 1963, P.A. 186.)
History: 1963 act exempted nonprofit voluntary associations providing ambulance service which are financed solely
by subscription or gifts from provisions of chapter; Sec. 38-247 transferred to Sec. 38a-625 in 1991.