§ 28-1-7-25 — Savings banks; request for order to merge, consolidate, or join with acquiring bank or trust company; requirements

(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.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.263-1983, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.122-1994, SEC.59; P.L.79-1998, SEC.39.