(a)After the conversion of a domestic nonprofit corporation to a domestic unincorporated entity has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall:
(1)Set forth the name of the corporation immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the corporation is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the organic law of the survivor;
(2)State the type of unincorporated entity that the survivor will be;
(3)Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was duly approved by the members in the manner required by this chapter and the charter;
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(a) After the conversion of a domestic nonprofit corporation to a domestic unincorporated entity has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall: (1) Set forth the name of the corporation immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the corporation is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the organic law of the survivor; (2) State the type of unincorporated entity that the survivor will be; (3) Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was duly approved by the members in the manner required by this chapter and the charter; (4) If the survivor is a filing entity, have attached the applicable public organic document; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated public organic document may be omitted; and (5) If the corporation is a public benefit corporation, have a statement that notice of the plan of entity conversion was given to the attorney general and reporter in the manner required by § 48-61-123 and that either: (A) The plan of entity conversion was approved by order of a court of record of this state; or (B) The corporation received a written statement of no enforcement intent with respect to the plan from the attorney general and reporter. (b) After the conversion of a domestic unincorporated entity to a domestic nonprofit corporation has been adopted and approved as required by the organic law of the unincorporated entity, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the unincorporated entity by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall: (1) Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the requirements of § 48-54-101 ; (2) Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was duly approved in accordance with the organic law of the unincorporated entity; and (3) Have attached a charter; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated charter of a domestic nonprofit corporation may be omitted. (c) After the conversion of a foreign unincorporated entity to a domestic nonprofit corporation has been authorized as required by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction, articles of entity conversion shall be executed on behalf of the foreign unincorporated entity by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The articles shall: (1) Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which shall be a name that satisfies the requirements of § 48-54-101 ; (2) Set forth the jurisdiction under the laws of which the unincorporated entity was organized immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the date on which the unincorporated entity was organized in that jurisdiction; (3) Set forth a statement that the conversion of the unincorporated entity was duly approved in the manner required by its organic law; and (4) Have attached a charter; except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated charter of a domestic nonprofit corporation may be omitted. (d) The articles of entity conversion shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, together with the required filing fee, and shall take effect at the effective time provided in § 48-51-304 . Articles of entity conversion filed under subsection (a) or (b) may be combined with any required conversion filing under the organic law of the domestic unincorporated entity if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other organic law. The public organic document required by subsection (a) to be attached shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, and shall take effect at the effective time of the articles of entity conversion. A filing fee for the public organic document shall be paid to the secretary of state in the amount specified for such public organic document by the applicable law governing the formation of such domestic unincorporated entity. The charter required by subsection (b) or (c) to be attached shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing, and shall take effect at the effective time of the articles of entity conversion. A filing fee for the charter shall be paid in accordance with § 48-51-303 . (e) If the converting entity is a foreign unincorporated entity that is authorized to transact business in this state under a provision of law similar to chapter 65 of this title, its certificate of authority or other type of foreign qualification shall be cancelled automatically on the effective date of its conversion.