A. The Insurance Commissioner, upon the application of any mutual benefit association having the right to do business in this state, as provided in this article, shall issue to such association a permit in writing, authorizing such association to do business in this state until the last day of February following the date of issuance of the license, for which permit or certificate and all proceedings in connection therewith such association shall pay the said Insurance Commissioner the fees and licenses therefor stated in Section 321, Article 3 of this Code; provided, that the form of certificates to be issued, copy of application blanks, and a certified copy of the bylaws shall be filed with the Insurance Commissioner, and, if the same conforms to the charter of such association and the provisions of this article, the Insurance Commissioner shall approve the same.
B. No such association shall act as an insurer and no such association shall transact insurance in this state except as authorized by a subsisting authority granted to it by the Insurance Commissioner.
Laws 1957, p. 319, § 2407.