487 - Conversion of a credit union into a federal credit union.

§  487.  Conversion of a credit union into a federal credit union. Any  credit union may convert itself into a federal credit union.  A  meeting  of the shareholders of the credit union shall be held upon not less than  ten  days'  written notice to each shareholder, either served personally  or mailed to him or her at his or her last known address and  containing  a  statement  of  the  time, place and purpose of such meeting. Proof by  affidavit of due service of such notice shall be filed in the office  of  the credit union before or at the time of such meeting.    At  such  meeting,  a  majority of the shareholders represented at the  meeting may, by an affirmative vote in person or by proxy, authorize the  conversion of such credit union into a federal credit union. A  copy  of  the  minutes  of such meeting, certified by the presiding officer and by  the secretary of the meeting, shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  superintendent within two days thereafter.    Within  sixty  days after the date of such meeting, or such later date  as the superintendent in his discretion may determine, the credit  union  shall  take  such  action, in the manner prescribed or authorized by the  laws of the United States, as shall make it a federal credit  union  and  shall  thereupon  file in the office of the superintendent a copy of the  charter or authorization issued to it. Upon such filing the credit union  shall cease to be a corporation under the laws  of  this  state,  except  that   its  corporate  existence  shall  continue  for  the  purpose  of  prosecuting or defending suits and of enabling it to wind up its affairs  as a state credit union and to dispose of and convey  its  property.  At  the  time when such conversion becomes effective, all of the property of  the state credit union shall immediately by act of law and  without  any  conveyance  or  transfer become the property of the federal credit union  and the federal credit union shall thereupon succeed to all the  rights,  obligations and relations of the state credit union.