Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-817
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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 280
This act shall not apply to any persons within this state who
prior to the passage of this act were permitted to organize a
corporation and perform professional services by the means of such
corporation, and this act shall not apply to any corporation
organized by such persons prior to the passage of this act;
provided, however, any such persons or any such corporation may
bring themselves and such corporation within the provisions of this
act by amending the certificate of incorporation in such a manner so
as to be consistent with all of the provisions of this act and by
affirmatively stating in the amended certificate of incorporation
that the shareholders have elected to bring the corporation within
the provisions of this act.
This act shall not apply to any persons within this state who
prior to the passage of this act were permitted to organize a
corporation and perform professional services by the means of such
corporation, and this act shall not apply to any corporation
organized by such persons prior to the passage of this act;
provided, however, any such persons or any such corporation may
bring themselves and such corporation within the provisions of this
act by amending the certificate of incorporation in such a manner so
as to be consistent with all of the provisions of this act and by
affirmatively stating in the amended certificate of incorporation
that the shareholders have elected to bring the corporation within
the provisions of this act.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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