Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations

40-202. Code inapplicable to certain lodges, societies, persons and associations. Nothing contained in this code shall apply to: (a) Grand or subordinate lodges of any fraternal benefit society that admits to membership only persons engaged in one or more hazardous occupations in the same or similar line of business or to fraternal benefit societies as defined in and organized under article 7 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, unless they be expressly designated; (b) the employees of a particular person, firm, or corporation; (c) mercantile associations that simply guarantee insurance to each other in the same lines of trade and do not solicit insurance from the general public; (d) the Swedish mutual aid association of Rapp, Osage county, Kansas; (e) the Scandia mutual protective insurance company of Chanute, Kansas; (f) the Seneca and St. Benedict mutual fire insurance company of Nemaha county, Kansas; (g) the mutual insurance system practiced in the Mennonite church, in accordance with an old custom, either by the congregation themselves or by special associations, of its members in Kansas; (h) the Kansas state high-school activities association; (i) the mutual aid association of the church of the brethren; (j) a voluntary noncontractual mutual aid arrangement whereby the needs of participants are announced and accommodated through subscriptions to a monthly publication; (k) a self-funded health plan established or maintained for its employees by the state or a subdivision of the state, a school district, any public authority or by a county or city government or any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof; or (l) a self-funded health plan established or maintained for its employees by a church or by a convention or association of churches that is exempt from tax under section 501 of the internal revenue code. History: L. 1927, ch. 231, 40-202; L. 1931, ch. 202, § 1; L. 1935, ch. 194, § 1; L. 1941, ch. 256, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 271, § 1; L. 1951, ch. 291, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 173, § 1; L. 1994, ch. 108, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 134, § 4; L. 2025, ch. 99, § 14; July 1. Source or prior law: L. 1889, ch. 162, § 1; L. 1898, ch. 23, § 16; L. 1899, ch. 148, § 1; L. 1901, ch. 357, § 4; L. 1903, ch. 337, § 1; L. 1905, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1909, ch. 157, § 1; R.S. 1923, 40-105, 40-227, 40-719. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Section cited; quo warranto for dissolution of pretended corporation. The State v. Burial Association, 79 Kan. 28, 29, 98 P. 1134. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026