Sec. 25. (a) A savings bank organized before January 1, 1993, may request that the department order the savings bank to merge, consolidate, or join with an acquiring institution that is a bank, bank of discount and deposit, savings bank formed after December 31, 1992, savings association, or trust company.
(b) A savings bank may make a request under subsection (a) only if its board of trustees has, at a regular or special meeting called for that purpose, by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the then qualified and acting trustees, adopted a resolution stating that in the opinion of the board, the merger, consolidation, or other joining together is in the best interests of the depositors and other creditors of the savings bank.
(c) The department may order a merger, consolidation, or other joining requested under subsection (a) if it determines that:
(1) the depositors of the savings bank would not receive any liquidating dividend upon the dissolution of the savings bank; and
(2) the acquiring institution is willing to be the surviving corporation.
(d) The approval of the depositors of a savings bank organized before January 1, 1993, is not required for a merger, consolidation, or joining together under this section.
(e) To facilitate a merger, consolidation, or joining together under this section, the department may convert the charter, form of ownership, or operating powers of a savings bank into the charter, form of ownership, or operating powers of the acquiring institution.
As added by P.L.263-1983, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.122-1994, SEC.59; P.L.79-1998, SEC.39.
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