(a) Upon the dissolution of a domestic stock or mutual insurance corporation under the provisions of § 23-69-151, or upon the expiration of the period of its corporate existence, limited by its articles of incorporation, the directors of the corporation shall be trustees thereof with full power to settle the affairs, collect the outstanding debts, sell and convey the real and personal property of the corporation, and divide its assets among its stockholders or members as entitled thereto, after paying or adequately providing for the payment of its liabilities and obligations.

(b) If a stock corporation, after paying or adequately providing for the liabilities and obligations of the holders of record holding stock in the corporation entitling them to exercise at least a majority of the voting power on a proposal to sell all the property and assets of the corporation, the directors may sell the remaining assets or any part thereof to a corporation organized under the laws of this or any other state, and take in payment therefor the stock or bonds, or both, of the corporation and distribute them among the stockholders in proportion to their interest therein. However, if any stockholder within thirty (30) days after the mailing of notice to him or her of the sale shall demand in writing that the corporation shall pay to him or her the fair cash value of his or her interest in the assets sold, then the cash value shall be determined and shall be paid by the corporation within thirty (30) days after the date the demand was received by the corporation.

(c) Vacancies in the number of trustees may be filled by the remaining trustees, but any trustee, in the case of a stock corporation, may be replaced on the vote of a majority of the stockholders.