Sec. 23. (a) The commissioner may establish the time frame in which a farm mutual insurance company must perform the terms of a merger plan approved under section 22 of this chapter.

     (b) After a farm mutual insurance company that is a party to a merger under sections 21 and 22 of this chapter performs the terms of the merger plan, the surviving farm mutual insurance company shall file with the commissioner written notice of the surviving farm mutual insurance company’s compliance with the merger plan.

     (c) The commissioner shall determine whether the terms of a merger plan are performed adequately by a farm mutual insurance company that is a party to a merger under sections 21 and 22 of this chapter. If the commissioner determines that the terms of the merger plan are met, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of merger to the surviving farm mutual insurance company.

     (d) The commissioner may charge a farm mutual insurance company the fee set forth in IC 27-1-3-15 for a filing made under this section.

As added by P.L.129-2003, SEC.8.