(1) With the approval of the commissioner and by vote of a majority of members or voting shares of the savings bank, a savings bank may amend its articles of incorporation in any manner not inconsistent with this act.
  (2) An amendment is effective when certified copies of the amendment in a form as the commissioner may require signed by the president or a vice president and the cashier or an assistant cashier, have been submitted to the commissioner and have been approved and filed by the commissioner as with the original articles of incorporation.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.3331

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Articles: means articles of incorporation, all amendments to articles of incorporation, and agreements of consolidation and merger. See Michigan Laws 487.3102
  • Bank: means a state banking corporation organized or reorganized under the provisions of the banking code of 1999, 1999 PA 276, MCL 487. See Michigan Laws 487.3102
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the office of financial and insurance services. See Michigan Laws 487.3102
  • Savings bank: means a state banking corporation organized or reorganized under this act. See Michigan Laws 487.3103
  (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), an amendment that provides solely for a change in the name of the savings bank is not subject to the approval of the commissioner and shall be effective on the date it is filed with the commissioner or at a later date specified in the amendment.