PRCUA CONSTITUTION CHANGES

The following “Amendments to the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America Constitution and By-Laws” and “Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation” were approved by the State of Illinois, Division of Insurance, on September 19, 2007:

POST-CONVENTION REPORT
ON THE AMENDMENTS APPROVED
AT THE 59TH QUADRENNIAL CONVENTION
OF THE POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC UNION OF AMERICA
IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ON AUGUST 13-16, 2006

Preliminary Statement

The following Amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Polish Roman Catholic Union of America were adopted by the Delegates to the 59th National Quadrennial Convention on August 13 and 16, 2007.

Amendments Adopted at the Convention

1. Following the amendment, Chapter X, Article 31, Paragraphs 9, 10, 11, of the Constitution and By-Laws, will now read:

9. The Executive Board shall appoint the position of Medical Director, General Counsel, and Editor as appointed consultants. The duties of each of the appointed consultants shall be as follows:

(a) The General Counsel shall perform all duties of legal nature as are specifically imposed upon him by the Executive Board and the Executive Committee.

(b) The Editor shall direct the publications of the UNION and keep the Executive Board informed of the questions affecting the UNION. The Editor shall report to the Executive Board all matters concerning the publications. The Editor observes that the publications are edited in conformity with the principles and ideas of the UNION. The Editor reports to the Convention in writing.

(c) The Medical Director shall attend the sessions of the Executive Board, examine applications of candidates sent by the Medical Examiners of the Societies, and accept candidates with the consent of the Executive Board. The Medical Director may recommend the issuance of certificates for lesser amounts than originally applied for. The Medical Director shall review death reports, keep a list of all examining physicians and approve or disapprove their selections based upon their qualifications.

2. There was an amendment to Chapter III, Article 12 of the Constitution and By-Laws, which will now read:

Article 12. Convention. The Supreme Legislative, Judicial and Executive power of the UNION, its Constitution and By-Laws and Articles shall be vested in the Convention as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation as amended.

1. The Convention shall meet every four (4) years commencing not later than the second Sunday in August 1982, and each quadrennial thereafter, at a place fixed by the preceding Convention. If the last Convention has failed to fix the place, then the site shall be chosen by the Executive Committee and approved by the Board of Directors no less than nor more than three (3) years prior to the Convention.

2. The President convokes the Convention by a proclamation in the second half of March of the Convention year.

3. Election of delegates and their alternates to the Convention shall be held in the month of April, next following the publication of the proclamation by the President, either at a regular or a special meeting. If, for any valid reason, the election cannot be held in April, it may be held in May. In any case, the credentials shall be received in the office of the Secretary-Treasurer not later than June 1st.

(a) All National Officers, Chaplains, Directors, and Past Presidents, automatically are delegates to the National Convention during their term in office.

However, they too must file by June 1st. This does not reduce the delegate count of the Societies they belong to. They are delegates at large.

4. A special Convention may be called into session by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Executive Board in attendance at a Board Session and a proclamation by the President, whenever the circumstances are so critical that the welfare, progress, peace or existence of the UNION is placed in jeopardy. Reasonable notice shall be given to eligible delegates to the Special Convention.

The Special Convention shall be composed of the delegates or their alternates and officers of the preceding Convention and of newly elected delegates or alternates to fill vacancies.

5. One-third (1/3) of the legally elected delegates present at the Convention shall constitute a quorum. A session of the Convention not having a quorum shall, however, have the right to adjourn sessions and to compel absentees to be present at the session under fine to be imposed in each case.

6. The Convention, among other things, shall have the power to pass and levy assessments; to prescribe the ways of collecting same; to create and abolish departments and committees; to establish all offices, to define the manner in which they shall be filled; to declare and interpret rules of conduct for the Societies, departments, branches, officers and officials; to correct, change and improve the Constitution; to hear the officers' reports; to elect the officers and directors; to fix the salary of the officers and officials; to give instructions to the Executive Board; to change and improve on the order of deliberations; to sit as a court and to render decisions; in short, to do everything that will accrue to the welfare and development of the UNION.

7. The Convention shall elect the following: President, Resident Vice-President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, Chaplain, First Vice-Chaplain, Second Vice-Chaplain, and fifteen directors who shall be elected from the following districts, the districts having been created for geographical purposes and to equalize representation in the UNION:

District 1 -- Composed of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island: One Director at large (male or female);

District 2 -- New York: One Director at large (male or female);

District 3 -- Pennsylvania: Two Directors at large (male or female);

District 4 -- Composed of New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Florida:
One Director at large (male or female);

District 5 -- Composed of Ohio and West Virginia: Two Directors at large (male or female);

District 6 - Composed of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas, California and Illinois except Counties of Cook, Lake, DuPage, Will and Kane:
One Director at large (male or female);

District 7 -- Area from Madison Street in the City of Chicago north to the boundaries of Cook County; from Lake Michigan in the City of Chicago west to the boundaries of Cook County and all of Lake County, Illinois: Two Directors at large (male or female);

District 8 -- From Lake Michigan west along Madison Street to the western boundary of Cook County, South along the western boundary of Cook County to the boundaries of Cook, DuPage and Will Counties, west and then north following a line consistent with the boundary of DuPage and Will Counties to the western boundary of Will County, south to the southern boundary of Will County following a line consistent with the western boundary of Will County, east along the southern boundary of Will County to Interstate 57, north on Interstate 57 to Cicero Ave, north on Cicero Avenue to Southwest Highway, east on Southwest Highway to Western Avenue, north on Western Avenue to 67th Street, east on 67th Street to Lake Michigan, and all of DuPage and Kane Counties: Two Directors at large (male or female);

District 9 -- The area from 67th Street on the north, west from Lake Michigan to Western Avenue, south on Western Avenue to Southwest Highway, west on Southwest Highway to Cicero Avenue, Cicero Avenue south to Interstate 57, east of Interstate 57 to the boundaries of Cook County and Will County and all of the state of Indiana: One Director at large (male or female);

District 10 -- Michigan: Two Directors at large (male or female);

Districts 7, 8, and 9 constitute the local directorate.

8. To add or to change the Articles of Incorporation and the Constitution and By-Laws requires the approval of two-thirds (2/3) of the accredited delegates at the Convention.

Following the amendment, a new Paragraph 9 is added that reads:

9. Any change to the Constitution enacted at each Quadrennial Convention, but for those changes identified in Chapter III, Article 12, shall become effective Thirty (30) Days after it has been approved by all required State Insurance Commissioners.

3. Following the amendment to the end of Chapter XIV, Article 38, Paragraph 4, of the Constitution and By-Laws, a new Paragraph is added that reads:

“Life Insurance Certificates issued by the Union after January 1, 2007 will be based upon the 2001 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Table."

4. Following Chapter XIV, Article 39 of the Constitution and By-Laws, was repealed:

"Members of the UNION pay to the General Fund seventeen cents (17c) per month on all certificates issued prior to January 1, 1965. This Fund is governed by the Executive Board."

5. Following the amendment, Chapter III, Article 12, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution and By-Laws will now read:

3. Election of delegates and their alternates to the Convention shall be held in the month of April, next following the publication of the proclamation by the President, either at a regular or a special meeting. If, for any valid reason, the election cannot be held in April, it may be held in May. In any case, the credentials shall be received in the office of the Secretary-Treasurer not later than June 1st.

(a) All current National Officers, Chaplains, and Directors shall be delegates to the National Convention. However, they must file for convention credentials before June 1st of the convention year. These individuals will be considered as a class of Delegates At Large.

(b) Past Presidents of the PRCUA shall be eligible to become Delegates At Large as long as they meet the qualifications to become a delegate. They must file for credentials before June 1st of the convention year.

6. Following the amendment, Chapter IX, Article 27, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution and By-Laws will now read:

2. It shall be the duty of this Committee to examine all proposed amendments to, and changes to, the Articles of Incorporation and the Constitution and By-Laws of the UNION and to compare them with those in force and to make written recommendations to the Delegates of the Convention. All amendments to the Article of Incorporation and the Constitution and By-Laws proposed by the Societies, Circuits, Districts, Individual Members, Officers or Directors are to be forwarded to the Constitution Committee at the Main Office of the UNION not later than June 1st of the Convention year.

The President of the UNION shall call the first meeting of the Committee not later than June 1st prior to the Convention. At the first meeting of the Committee it shall adopt a standing order of business, and upon completion of the amendments and recommendations a printed report is to be forwarded to all duly elected delegates at least ten (10) days prior to the Convention. At the Convention the Committee presents its recommendations and moves for the adoption or rejection of same. Any amendments proposed from the floor of the Convention shall be referred to this Committee prior to submission to a vote for their proper formulation and recommendation. After the Convention, the Committee meets to complete the work of the amendments adopted to be included in the Articles of Incorporation and the Constitution and By-Laws.

7. Following the amendment, a subparagraph to Chapter XII, Article 36, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution and By-Laws is added that reads:

(f) Insured's living nephews and nieces, natural or by legal adoption.

AMENDED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

The Amended Articles of Incorporation of the PRCUA will now read:

1. The name of the corporation is the "POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC UNION OF AMERICA."

2. The principal office of the organization shall be located in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois.

3. The purpose for which the corporation is organized is to promote friendship, unity, and Christian charity among its members; to provide death and other benefits in consideration of specified assessments for such forms of certificates permitted by the statutes of the states wherein the organization is licensed to do business and which are authorized by the Convention or the Board of Directors in plenary session; and to do all other things for the sole benefit of its members and their beneficiaries which a Fraternal Benefit Society may do by virtue of the statutes of the states wherein the organization is licensed to do business.

4. The Supreme Legislative, Judicial, and Executive power of the organization is vested in the Convention, which is composed of the delegates of the local societies. The Convention, among other things, shall elect the officers and directors, and shall fix the salaries of the officers. The Convention shall meet every four (4) years commencing not later than the second Sunday in August, and each quadrennial thereafter, at a place fixed by the preceding Convention. If the last convention has failed to fix the place, then the site shall be chosen by the Executive Committee and approved by the Board of Directors no less than nor more than three (3) years prior to the Convention.

The President may convoke a Special Convention at any time and place at the request of two-thirds (2/3) of the Board of Directors in a plenary session. The proclamation of the President convoking the Special Convention must definitely state the business that shall be the object of the deliberations as the Special Convention cannot pass on matters not enumerated in the proclamation.

5. The Union shall be comprised of Districts, the boundaries of which are recorded on the books of the Union by name and in numerical order.

6. The Executive authority of the organization shall be vested in the Board of Directors elected by the Convention, which shall consist of the following, all of whom shall have full voting powers:

PRESIDENT; RESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENT; SECRETARY-TREASURER; CHAPLAIN; FIRST VICE CHAPLAIN; SECOND VICE CHAPLAIN; and FIFTEEN (15) DIRECTORS; which Directors shall be elected from Districts recorded on the books of the Union by name and in numerical order, male or female from each such Districts.

7. The Officers of the corporation shall be the following:

PRESIDENT; RESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT; VICE PRESIDENT; SECRETARY-TREASURER.

8. In case any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, and By-Laws may conflict with or shall hereafter conflict with any laws or Insurance Department ruling having the effect of law in any of the states of the United States in which the Union shall be licensed to do business, the Executive Board, may, from time to time, by Resolution, amend the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, so as to comply with such laws or rulings. When the Executive Board, pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall amend the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution and By-Laws, notice of such amendments shall be given by publication in the NAROD POLSKI, the official publication of the union. From and after the date of such publication, said amendment or amendments shall be binding upon every member, until altered, amended or repealed by the Convention at a regular or special session, as the case may be.

9. Whenever used in the Articles of Incorporation, Constitution, and By-Laws, all pronouns and any variations thereof are deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural as the identity of the person, persons, or entity may require.

10. Roberts' Revised Rules of Order shall govern except where otherwise specifically provided in the Articles of Incorporation and the Constitution and By-Laws of the Union.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC UNION OF AMERICA, has caused these Amended Articles of Incorporation to be executed by its President and Secretary-Treasurer and its corporation seal affixed hereto at Chicago, Illinois, this 6th day of June, A.D. 2007.

POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC UNION
OF AMERICA, a corporation of Illinois

By: Wallace M. Ozog,
President

ATTEST: Josephine Szarowicz,
Secretary-Treasurer