§ 27-5-25. Use of special reserve fund to replace capital stock.
If any amount greater than a sum equal to one half (½) of its capital stock shall have been deposited with the commissioner by a fire insurance company under the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall retain of those securities an amount equal to one half (½) of what amount he or she shall hold in excess of a sum equal to one half (½) of the capital stock, and the commissioner shall transfer the balance to the company, and the amount transferred to the company shall from the time of the transfer, provided the amount shall not be less than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), constitute the capital stock of the company for the further conduct of its business, and the retained securities shall be regarded as the special reserve fund of the company, to which additions may be made, and shall be held in the same manner, and for the same purpose, and under the same conditions as the original special reserve fund of the company was held.
History of Section.
P.L. 1907, ch. 1438, § 8; G.L. 1909, ch. 219, § 33; G.L. 1923, ch. 255, § 33; G.L. 1938, ch. 150, § 32; impl. am. P.L. 1953, ch. 3174, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 27-5-25.