The commissioner shall exercise the powers and discharge the duties, concerning any insurer so mutualized, that are applicable to domestic insurers issuing policies of the same class. He shall issue a certificate of authority to transact the proper classes of insurance in this State to any insurer so mutualized which is solvent under Article 13, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 1 of this code and which has fully complied with the laws of this State.

(Added by Stats. 1935, Ch. 291.)