Section 5-16-5 Procedure for incorporation - Approval of petition for certificate of incorporation; certificate of approval.
Section 5-16-5
Procedure for incorporation - Approval of petition for certificate of incorporation; certificate of approval.
Upon the receipt by the commissioner of a petition for a certificate of incorporation signed and acknowledged as provided in Section 5-16-4, accompanied by the incorporation fee, the commissioner shall immediately inquire into the advisability of issuing a certificate of approval of the incorporation of such association and shall thereupon recommend to the board the approval or disapproval of the incorporation. The commissioner shall immediately forward his recommendations regarding the incorporation with his reasons therefor to the board, and his records shall be available to the board at all times. The board shall promptly inquire into the advisability of the issuance of a certificate by the commissioner of approval of the incorporation of such association and, either after hearing or without hearing, promptly shall approve or disapprove the incorporation. If the board approves the incorporation, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of approval in substantially the form provided in subsection (d) of Section 5-16-49.
(Acts 1939, No. 459, p. 616; Code 1940, T. 5, §245.)