New York Laws
Article 6 - Savings Banks
230 - Incorporation; Organization Certificate.

ยง 230. Incorporation; organization certificate. When authorized by the
superintendent as provided in article two of this chapter, not less than
nine nor more than twenty persons may incorporate a savings bank. They
shall subscribe and acknowledge an organization certificate in
duplicate, which shall specifically state:

1. The name by which the corporation is to be known.

2. The place where its principal office is to be located.

3. Its duration if other than perpetual.

4. The name, occupation, citizenship, residence and post-office
address of each incorporator.

5. The amount which each incorporator will contribute in cash to the
surplus fund.

6. The names of the incorporators who are to constitute its first
board of trustees. Such persons as individuals and as a group must be
free of the disqualifications specified in section two hundred forty-six
of this article.

Structure New York Laws

New York Laws

BNK - Banking

Article 6 - Savings Banks

229 - Application.

230 - Incorporation; Organization Certificate.

232 - Organization Certificate to Be Submitted to Superintendent; Proof of Publication and Service of Notice of Intention.

233 - When Corporate Existence Begins; Conditions Precedent to Commencing Business.

234 - General Powers.

234-A - Settlement, Modification or Readjustment of Investment.

234-B - Trust Powers.

235 - Investment of Funds.

235-B - Effect of Usury.

235-C - Regulation of Certain Charges.

235-D - Service Corporations Owned by Savings Banks; Authorized Activities of Such Corporations; Investment Therein.

236 - Deposits by Savings Banks With Other Banking Corporations and Private Bankers; Restrictions.

237 - Deposits With Savings Banks; Restrictions.

238 - Regulations and Restrictions as to Repayment of Deposits.

239 - Repayment of Deposits of Minors, Trust Deposits, Joint Deposits, and Deposits Adversely Claimed; Interpleader in Certain Actions; Statute of Limitatio

239-A - Preservation of Books and Records.

240 - Restrictions as to Place of Business; Branch Offices.

240-A - Electronic Facilities.

240-B - Acceptance of United States Currency.

241 - Change of Location; Change of Designation of Principal Office.

242 - Assets; How Entered and Carried on Books; Disallowance by Superintendent.

243 - Surplus Fund.

244 - Earnings; How and When to Be Computed; Transfers to Surplus Fund.

245 - Interest Payments.

246 - Board of Trustees; Number; Vacancies; Qualifications; Oath and Declaration.

246-A - Executive Committee and Other Committees.

247 - Restrictions Upon Trustees and Officers.

248 - Removal and Forfeiture of Office of Trustee.

249 - Compensation of Trustees and Officers.

250 - Pensions; Insurance.

251 - Meetings; Quorum; By-Laws; Officers.

252 - Reports to Trustees.

253 - Official Communications From Department of Financial Services to Be Submitted to Trustees and Noted in Minutes.

254 - Examinations by Trustees.

255 - Reports to Superintendent; Penalty for Failure to Make.

255-A - Publication and Delivery of Annual Report.

256 - Photographic Reproduction of Records.

257 - Duties of Trustees and Officers.

258 - Prohibition of Unauthorized Savings Banks and Use of the Word "Savings"; Exception as to School Savings.

260 - Charters of All Savings Banks Conformed to This Article.

260-A - Amendment of Organization Certificate and By-Laws.

260-B - Conversion of a Savings Bank Into a Savings and Loan Association.