(a) No funds from proposed stockholders, members, or organizers of any proposed association may be collected until a verified application for an organizing permit has been filed and a permit has been issued by the commissioner authorizing collection of funds, and then only in accordance with the terms of the permit.

(b) As used in this chapter, the term “organizer” means a person who agrees to contribute funds to a proposed association to be used for its organization expenses.

Terms Used In California Financial Code 5400

  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, limited liability company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Financial Code 18

(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1091, Sec. 2.)