Section 11016 Of Article 3. Organization From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 3.
11016
. A society shall operate for the benefit of its members and
their beneficiaries by:
(a) Providing benefits under Section 11041, and
(b) Operating for one or more social, intellectual, educational,
charitable, benevolent, moral, fraternal, patriotic, or religious
purposes for the benefit of its members, and, if desired, for others.
The society's purposes may be carried out directly by the society or
indirectly through subsidiary or affiliated entities established in
furtherance of the purposes of the society.
Any incorporated society authorized to transact business in this
state on January 1, 1996, may thereafter exercise all the rights,
powers, and privileges prescribed in this chapter and in its charter
or articles of incorporation as far as consistent with this chapter.
A domestic society shall not be required to reincorporate.