A.  If the joint agreement is for consolidation, articles of incorporation for the new corporation shall be prepared, approved, and filed, as required by law, except that the associations consolidating shall be named as the incorporators of the new corporation.

B.  The new corporation shall become effective at the time the joint agreement, duly acknowledged by the president and secretary of each association which is a party to it together with an affidavit by the president and secretary of each association stating that the agreement was approved by the required two-thirds majority of the board of directors of each association, the written consent of the commissioner, and the new articles of incorporation and bylaws have been recorded in the office of the commissioner, or as of any later effective date, not more than thirty days after date of recording, as stated in the agreement.

C.  A multiple original of the agreement, the consent of the commissioner, and the articles of incorporation shall be filed for record in the mortgage records of each parish in which any of the corporate parties to the agreement has its domicile, and shall also be recorded in the conveyance records of each parish in which any of the corporate parties to the agreement owns immovable property, the title to which will be transferred as a result of the consolidation.

D.  The agreement, the consent of the commissioner, and the articles of incorporation shall also be filed in the mortgage records of the parish of domicile of the new corporation if such domicile is different from that of any of the associations forming the consolidated association.

Acts 1970, No. 234, §1.  Acts 1983, No. 675, §1; Acts 2003, No. 17, §1, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 60, §1, eff. May 23, 2003.