512B.22  Funds.
  1.  All assets shall be held, invested, and disbursed for the use and benefit of the society and a member or beneficiary shall not have or acquire individual rights in the society’s assets or become entitled to an apportionment on the surrender of any part of the society’s assets, except as provided in the benefit contract.
  2.  A society may create, maintain, invest, disburse, and apply any special fund or funds necessary to carry out any purpose permitted by the laws of the society.
  3.  A society may, pursuant to resolution of its supreme governing body, establish and operate one or more separate accounts and issue contracts on a variable basis, subject to the law regulating life insurers establishing equivalent accounts and issuing equivalent contracts. To the extent the society deems it necessary in order to comply with any applicable federal or state laws, regulations, or rules, the society may adopt special procedures for the conduct of the business and affairs of a separate account; may, for persons having beneficial interests in the account, provide special voting and other rights, including without limitation, special rights and procedures relating to investment policy, investment advisory services, selection of certified public accountants, and selection of a committee to manage the business and affairs of the account; and may issue contracts on a variable basis to which section 512B.19, subsections 2 and 4 shall not apply.
90 Acts, ch 1148, §23