(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.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-204

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Surplus: means the aggregate amount of the undistributed net income of an association held as undivided profits or unallocated reserves for general corporate purposes, and any paid-in surplus or initial undivided profits held by an association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
(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.