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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="8-464" title_number="8" title_name="Entities That Act as Insurers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Fraternal Benefit Societies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Commissioner shall take action under subsection (b) of this section if, on investigation, the Commissioner finds that a domestic society:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>has exceeded its powers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has failed to comply with this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>has a membership of less than 400 after an existence of 1 year or more;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>is conducting its insurance business fraudulently; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>is conducting its insurance business in a manner hazardous to its members, creditors, the public, or the business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the Commissioner makes a finding under subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>notify the society of the finding;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>state in writing the reasons for dissatisfaction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>require the society to show cause on or before a specified date why:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the society should not be enjoined from conducting any insurance business until the violation has been corrected; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an action seeking a mandatory injunction should not be commenced against the society.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, on or before the date specified in the notice, the society does not present good and sufficient reason why it should not be enjoined from conducting insurance business or why an action seeking a mandatory injunction should not be commenced, the Commissioner may present the facts relating to the violation to the Attorney General.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On request of the Commissioner, the Attorney General may commence:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an action to enjoin the society from conducting insurance business; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an action seeking a mandatory injunction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The court shall schedule a hearing and notify the officers of the society of the hearing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If, after a full hearing, the court finds that a violation has occurred under subsection (a) of this section, the court shall pass an order:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>enjoining the society from conducting insurance business;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>liquidating the society; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>appointing the Commissioner as receiver of the society.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A society enjoined from conducting insurance business under this section may not conduct insurance business until:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Commissioner finds that the violation has been corrected;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the costs of the action have been paid by the society, if the court finds that the society was in default;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the court has dissolved the injunction; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Commissioner has reinstated the society’s certificate of authority.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a court orders a society to be liquidated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the society may not conduct any further insurance business; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the receiver of the society immediately shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>take possession of the books, papers, money, and other assets of the society; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>close the affairs of the society and distribute its funds to those entitled to the funds under the direction of the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>This section also applies to a society that voluntarily determines to discontinue business.</text>
  </level>
</section>
