§ 30-22-403 — APPROVAL OF CONVERSION

(a) A plan of conversion is not effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic converting entity:
(A) In accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic rules for approval of a conversion;
(B) If its organic rules do not provide for approval of a conversion, in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of:
(i) In the case of an entity that is not a business corporation or limited cooperative association, a merger, as if the conversion were a merger; or
(ii) In the case of a business corporation, a merger requiring approval by a vote of the interest holders of the business corporation, as if the conversion were that type of merger; or
(iii) In the case of a limited cooperative association, a transaction under this chapter; or
(C) By all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter if:
(i) In the case of any entity that is not a business corporation or limited cooperative association, neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of a conversion or a merger; or
(ii) In the case of a limited cooperative association, neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of a conversion or a transaction under this chapter; and
(2) In a record, by each interest holder of a domestic converting entity that will have interest holder liability for debts, obligations, and other liabilities that arise after the conversion becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a business or nonprofit corporation:
(A) The organic rules of the entity provide in a record for the approval of a conversion or a merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all the interest holders; and
(B) The interest holder voted for or consented in a record to or voted for that provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of that provision.
(b) A conversion of a foreign converting entity is not effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.

Legislative History

[30-22-403, added 2015, ch. 243, sec. 20, p. 798.]