Michigan Laws 487.3334 – Commencement of voluntary liquidation procedures; savings bank as body corporate; actions, suits, or proceedings begun prior to liquidation proceeding; powers of surviving directors
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a savings bank that commences voluntary liquidation proceedings under section 333 shall continue to be a body corporate for the further term of the lesser of 3 years from the commencement of the proceedings or the date the certificate is issued under section 333(8) for the purpose of prosecuting and defending actions for or against the savings bank and to enable it gradually to settle and close its affairs, to dispose of and convey its property, and to divide its assets but not for the purpose of continuing the business for which it was organized.
(2) With respect to an action, suit, or proceeding begun or commenced by or against the savings bank prior to the commencement of voluntary liquidation proceedings, and with respect to any action, suit, or proceeding begun or commenced by the savings bank within 3 years after the commencement of voluntary liquidation proceedings, the savings bank shall be continued as a body corporate until any judgments, orders, or decrees are fully executed.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 487.3334
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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
- Director: means a director, trustee, or other person holding a similar position with respect to an organization whether incorporated or unincorporated. See Michigan Laws 487.3102
- Savings bank: means a state banking corporation organized or reorganized under this act. See Michigan Laws 487.3103
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(3) If the number of directors of a savings bank that has commenced voluntary liquidation proceedings is less than the full number of directors required or authorized by statute or by the bylaws of the savings bank for any reason, a majority of the remaining surviving directors or the sole surviving director shall possess the same powers in acting for the savings bank under this section as the duly authorized board of directors of the savings bank possessed before the commencement of voluntary liquidation proceedings.
(4) A savings bank in liquidation under the laws of this state shall not continue to be a body corporate for the purpose of continuing the business for which it was organized.