Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may, without prior hearing or opportunity therefor, refuse to grant authority to organize a banking institution. In case authority to organize is refused by the director, the applicants may within 30 days after the refusal appeal the decision to any court of appropriate jurisdiction. [Amended by 1971 c.734 §172; 1973 c.797 §62; 1975 c.544 §8b; 1997 c.631 §49]