District of Columbia Code Division VI. Education, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions. § 38-1202.09. Establishment as land-grant university.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every incorporator of a corporation shall, in addition to any other requirements which may be imposed by the superintendent, submit simultaneously with an application, his or her fingerprints in such form and in such manner as specified by the division of criminal justice services, but in any event, no less than two digit imprints. The superintendent shall submit the fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search and returning a report thereon in accordance with the procedures and requirements established by the division pursuant to the provisions of article thirty-five of the executive law, which shall include the payment of the prescribed processing fees.  The superintendent shall request that the division submit such fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation, together with the processing fees prescribed by such bureau, for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search and returning a report thereon.

(b) The superintendent shall also, concurrent with an investigation of an incorporator of a corporation pertaining to a violation of this chapter, submit such fingerprints to the division of criminal justice services for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search and returning a report thereon and through the division to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of a fingerprint check of such incorporator.

(c) For purposes of this section, “incorporator” shall include a natural person or such principal, officer, director, trustee or stockholder of any other entity as may be designated by the superintendent.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the superintendent shall not access criminal history data or information, unless any agency from which the superintendent receives directly criminal history data or information has entered into a use and dissemination agreement with the superintendent consistent with the provisions of this section.

(d) An applicant shall not be required to submit his or her fingerprints as required by subdivision (a) of this section if such applicant (i) is already subject to regulation by the department and the applicant has submitted such fingerprints to the department, such fingerprints have been submitted to the division of criminal justice services for the purpose of conducting a criminal history search, and a report of such search has been received by the department from such division;  or (ii) is subject to regulation by a federal bank regulatory agency and has submitted such fingerprints to such agency which has had a criminal history search conducted of such individual and has shared such information or its determination resulting from such search with the department;  or (iii) is an officer or stockholder of a corporation whose common or preferred stock is registered on a national securities exchange, as provided in an act of congress of the United States entitled the “Securities Exchange Act of 1934”, approved June sixth, nineteen hundred thirty-four, as amended, or such other exchange or market system as the superintendent shall approve by regulation, and has submitted such fingerprints to such exchange or market system which has had a criminal history search conducted of such individual and has shared such information or its determination resulting from such search with the department;  provided, however, that the superintendent may subsequently require such applicant to submit such fingerprints if the superintendent has a reasonable basis for updating the information or determination resulting from the report of the criminal history search conducted at the request of such federal banking agency, exchange or market system.

1. Every certificate or other instrument relating to a corporation or a foreign corporation which is delivered to the superintendent for filing under this chapter shall be in the English language, except that the corporate name may be in another language if written in English letters or characters.

2. Whenever such instrument is required to set forth an address, it shall include the street and number, or other particular description instead of a street and number.  This requirement does not apply where a post office address is specified to be set forth.

3. Whenever such instrument is required to set forth the date when an organization certificate was filed by the superintendent, the original organization certificate is meant.

4. Every such instrument required under this chapter to be signed and delivered to the superintendent, except as otherwise provided in the section providing for such instrument, shall be signed either (a) by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, or (b) by the chairman of the board, the president or vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or, in the case of a corporation which does not have a secretary or an assistant secretary, by the cashier or an assistant cashier, or (c) if there are no such officers, by a majority of the directors or such directors as are designated by the majority of the directors in office, or (d) if also there are no directors, by the holders, or such of them as are designated by the holders of record of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, or (e) if also there is no shareholder of record, by a subscriber for shares whose subscription has been accepted or his successor in interest, or (f) if also no subscription for shares has been accepted, by an incorporator.  His name and the capacity in which any person signs such instrument shall be stated beneath or opposite his signature.  The person signing such instrument, or, if more than one person signs it, one of such persons shall verify or acknowledge the instrument if required by the section providing for such instrument.

5. No such instrument shall be filed unless it shall have endorsed thereon the approval of the superintendent.  No certificate of authentication or conformity or other proof shall be required with respect to any verification, oath or acknowledgment of any instrument delivered to the superintendent under this chapter, if such verification, oath or acknowledgment purports to have been made before a notary public, or person performing the equivalent function, of one of the states, or any subdivision thereof, of the United States or the District of Columbia.

6. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, such instrument shall become effective upon the filing thereof by the superintendent.