Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-381.19
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Order – Certificate of authority
Official statutory text
The State Banking Commissioner shall act upon and issue an order
granting or denying each application for a certificate of authority.
If the Commissioner finds that the application should be granted,
the Commissioner shall designate the amount of deposit accounts
required and fix a reasonable time within which the funds subscribed
may be placed in escrow in a bank or trust company approved by the
Commissioner, to be delivered to the association after incorporation
or returned to the subscribers if incorporation is not completed.
The Commissioner may also require the incorporators to advance funds
necessary to pay organizational expenses and other expenses for
starting business, such advances to be repaid by the association
after its incorporation and the granting of its certificate of
authority, in the case of a stock association, or after its income
is sufficient to meet reserve requirements, in the case of a mutual
association, and further, in the case of a mutual association, to
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pay reasonable earnings on the deposit accounts of the association.
If and when all requirements are met, a certificate of authority
shall be issued by the Commissioner. The Secretary of State shall
file the approved certificate of incorporation upon receipt of the
incorporation fee. If the deposit accounts of the association are
to be insured, approval shall be contingent upon the making, by the
proposed association, of a bona fide application for insurance of
accounts and deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
and upon approval of such application by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
granting or denying each application for a certificate of authority.
If the Commissioner finds that the application should be granted,
the Commissioner shall designate the amount of deposit accounts
required and fix a reasonable time within which the funds subscribed
may be placed in escrow in a bank or trust company approved by the
Commissioner, to be delivered to the association after incorporation
or returned to the subscribers if incorporation is not completed.
The Commissioner may also require the incorporators to advance funds
necessary to pay organizational expenses and other expenses for
starting business, such advances to be repaid by the association
after its incorporation and the granting of its certificate of
authority, in the case of a stock association, or after its income
is sufficient to meet reserve requirements, in the case of a mutual
association, and further, in the case of a mutual association, to
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 31
pay reasonable earnings on the deposit accounts of the association.
If and when all requirements are met, a certificate of authority
shall be issued by the Commissioner. The Secretary of State shall
file the approved certificate of incorporation upon receipt of the
incorporation fee. If the deposit accounts of the association are
to be insured, approval shall be contingent upon the making, by the
proposed association, of a bona fide application for insurance of
accounts and deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
and upon approval of such application by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
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