ORS 716.070
Expense fund
(1)
The incorporators of an Oregon nonstock bank shall create an expense fund by depositing to the credit of the Oregon nonstock bank in cash an amount determined by the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services. They shall also enter into an agreement or undertaking with the director as trustee for the depositors with the Oregon nonstock bank to make further contributions in cash to the expense fund of the Oregon nonstock bank as may be necessary to pay the operating expenses until the Oregon nonstock bank can pay them from its earnings, in addition to the dividends as declared and credited to its depositors. The agreement or undertaking shall fix the liability of the incorporators jointly and severally for a reasonable amount as approved or determined by the director. In addition to the undertaking of the incorporators, the director may require a surety bond executed by an entity authorized to transact, within this state, the business of surety, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008 (Additional definitions for Bank Act). The agreement or undertaking and letter of credit or surety bond shall be filed in the office of the director.(2)
The amounts contributed to the expense fund of the Oregon nonstock bank by the incorporators is not a liability of the Oregon nonstock bank except as provided in ORS 716.800 (Repayment of contributions made to expense fund and guaranty fund). [Amended by 1973 c.797 §353; 1991 c.331 §117; 1997 c.631 §337]
Source:
Section 716.070 — Expense fund, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors716.html
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