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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-14-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Benefit contract" means the agreement for the provision of benefits authorized by section 10-14-401, as that agreement is described in section 10-14-404. (2) "Benefit member" means an adult member who is designa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-14-102 Fraternal benefit societies - what constitutes
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Any incorporated society, order, or supreme lodge, without capital stock, 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 pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-14-103 Lodge system - defined
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(1) A society is operating on the lodge system if it has a supreme governing or legislative body and subordinate lodges into which members are elected, initiated, or admitted in accordance with its governing documents, and rituals. Subordinate lodges shall be required by the gove…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-14-104 Representative form of government - defined
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(1) A society has a representative form of government when: (a) The supreme governing body is either: (I) An assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delega…