Louisiana § RS 22:67 - Amendment to articles of incorporation
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§ RS 22:67. Amendment to articles of incorporation
A. An incorporated insurer may, at a meeting of the shareholders or members duly called upon notice for this specific purpose and in the manner herein provided, amend its articles of incorporation. Such amendment altering the articles may be adopted by the vote of the holders of two-thirds of the voting power of all persons present or represented by proxy entitled under the articles to vote.
B. After the amendment has been duly adopted, an authentic act setting forth the amendment and the manner of adoption thereof shall be executed by such person or persons authorized to do so at the meeting. A full copy of the minutes of the meeting at which such amendment was adopted, certified as a true copy by the secretary of the insurer or of the meeting, shall be annexed to the authentic act. The articles of amendment or multiple originals thereof shall be approved and recorded in the same manner as that provided herein for the original articles of incorporation.
C. The provisions of Subsections A and B of this Section shall not be applicable when an incorporated insurer changes either its registered agent or address, or both. In any such change, the incorporated insurer shall provide the commissioner of insurance with the board resolution and notice, in the manner provided for by Part III of Chapter 1 of Title 12 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, R.S. 12:31 et seq.
Acts 1958, No. 125. Acts 1983, No. 305, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 22:38 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2009, No. 503, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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