A. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose under the Oklahoma General Corporation Act or the Oklahoma Banking Code.

B. The certificate of incorporation of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under the Oklahoma General Corporation Act or the Oklahoma Banking Code and subsection A of this section. The identification of a specific public benefit under this subsection does not limit the purpose of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit under subsection A of this section.

C. The creation of general public benefit and specific public benefit under subsections A and B of this section shall be in the best interests of the benefit corporation.

D. A benefit corporation may amend its certificate of incorporation to add, amend or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote.

E. A professional corporation that is a benefit corporation shall not violate the Professional Entity Act by having the purpose to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.

F. A state bank or trust company that is a benefit corporation shall not violate the Oklahoma Banking Code by having the purpose to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit, but nothing in the Oklahoma Benefit Corporation Act shall eliminate, diminish or supersede the duties of a benefit corporation that is a state bank or trust company to operate safely and soundly in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 45, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.