Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, the repeal of a repealed statute does not affect any of the following:

(1) The operation of the repealed statute or any action taken under it before its repeal, including (without limitation) the continuing validity of a corporation‘s articles of incorporation and bylaws, indemnification provisions for directors, officers, employees, and agents, resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders, and corporate name, all as adopted by any domestic corporation before August 1, 1987, or the date specified in a resolution of the board of directors adopted under IC 23-1-17-3(b), as added by P.L.149-1986, to the same extent that any of these would have been valid had the repealed statute not been repealed.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-17.3-2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • repealed statute: refers to any of the following repealed by P. See Indiana Code 23-1-17.3-1
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(2) Any ratification, right, remedy, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the repealed statute before its repeal.

(3) Any violation of the repealed statute, or any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred because of the violation, before its repeal.

(4) Any proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution commenced under the repealed statute before its repeal, and the proceeding, reorganization, or dissolution may be completed in accordance with the repealed statute as if it had not been repealed.

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.378.