Policies; liability; membership

40-1512. Policies; liability; membership. Any company organized under the provisions of this article may issue policies to its members on growing crops against loss or damage by hail. Every policy shall contain a printed copy of the application and also a copy of the bylaws, which shall become a part of the contract between the company and the assured; and all policies of the company shall be signed by the president and secretary. The liability of every such company shall not cease prior to August 1 or later than December 1 in the year in which the policy was written; but the membership, for voting purposes only, shall extend to the last day of February in the year following that in which the policy was written. History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-1512; L. 1953, ch. 232, § 2; June 30. Source or prior law: L. 1899, ch. 149, § 10; L. 1901, ch. 230, §§ 5, 15; L. 1907, ch. 225, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 153, § 18; L. 1913, ch. 206, § 19; R.S. 1923, 40-618. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Applied in holding bylaws are part of the policy. Osborn v. Wheat Growers Mutual Hail Ins. Co., 172 Kan. 706, 709, 242 P.2d 1084.