45-3-204 - Subscription to capital and interim organization.

45-3-204. Subscription to capital and interim organization.

(a)  If the commissioner approves the application for authority to organize, the incorporators shall perfect an interim organization by electing a chair, vice chair, and secretary, who shall act as the interim officers of the association until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

(b)  The interim officers shall have the following, and only the following, duties during the period after approval of the application by the commissioner and before issuance of a certificate of authority as provided in this chapter:

     (1)  Subscriptions.  They shall secure subscriptions for payments of the required amount of capital and, as the case may be, the required amount for paid-in surplus or for the expense fund, in the form and manner approved by the commissioner; and

     (2)  Adoption of Charter and Bylaws.  They shall call a meeting of subscribers, who shall adopt a charter and bylaws for the proposed association and elect directors to serve upon the issuance of the certificates of authority until the first annual meeting of the association and until their successors are elected and qualified.

[Acts 1978, ch. 708, § 1.18; T.C.A., § 45-1318.]