ENROLLED
H. B. 2512
(By Delegate Pethtel)
[Passed April 10, 1993; in effect ninety days from passage]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section two, article three, chapter
thirty-five of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to homes and
asylums of fraternal orders; membership of board of
directors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article three, chapter thirty-five of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 3. HOMES AND ASYLUMS OF FRATERNAL ORDERS.
§35-3-2. Regulations and boards for government.
Any such grand lodge desiring to establish a home or asylum
shall adopt and prescribe such rules and regulations for the
government and control thereof as may be deemed wise by such
grand body; and it shall appoint a board of directors, trustees,
regents or commissioners, composed of a specified number of
persons from its own membership, not fewer than seven nor more
than eleven, to serve for definite periods; and any such grand
lodge may select for each of such boards two members from the
associate branches of the orders, known as Pythian Sisters,
Rebekahs, Eastern Star, or other like organizations, as the casemay be. Such board shall have the management and control of the
home or asylum for which it is appointed, under the prescribed
rules and regulations adopted by said body for the government
thereof. Such board of directors, trustees, regents or
commissioners shall organize by the election of a president,
secretary and treasurer, and, if necessary or expedient, an
executive committee, all from its own membership.