Georgia § 46-3-364 - Time of effectiveness of amendment; effect of amendment on pending causes of action.
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§ 46-3-364. Time of effectiveness of amendment; effect of amendment on pending causes of action.
If the Secretary of State issues a certificate of amendment, the amendment shall become effective as of the time of delivery to the Secretary of State of the articles of amendment so certified; and the articles of incorporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly. No amendment shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against such electric membership corporation, or any pending action to which such electric membership corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than members; and, in the event the corporate name is changed by amendment, no action brought by or against such electric membership corporation under its former name shall abate for that reason. (Code 1933, § 34C-905, enacted by Ga. L. 1981, p. 1587, § 1.)
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