LD 2574
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LR 3899
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shall submit to the superintendent a reasonable reorganization
plan, referred to in this section as the "plan," and the procedure
for putting the plan into effect.__A hearing must be held on the
plan.__Notice of the hearing must be provided pursuant to section
230 to the insurer, its directors or trustees, its officers,
employees and its policyholders, all of whom have the right to
appear and be heard at the hearing.__The plan may not take effect
unless approved by the superintendent.

 
2.__Plan requirements.__The plan must contain provisions for:

 
A.__The reorganizing insurer to become a stock insurer;

 
B.__The formation of a mutual holding company;

 
C.__The members of the reorganizing insurer to become
members of the mutual holding company with membership
interests therein and the membership interests in the
reorganizing insurer to be extinguished; and

 
D.__At least 51% of the voting stock issued and outstanding
by the reorganized insurer to be acquired and held, directly
or through one or more stock holding companies, by the
mutual holding company.

 
3.__Number of stock holding companies.__The plan may provide
for the formation of one or more intermediate stock holding
companies.

 
4.__Approval of plan.__The superintendent may not approve a
plan unless:

 
A.__The terms and conditions of the plan are fair and
equitable;

 
B.__The plan is subject to approval by vote of not less than
2/3 of the insurer's policyholders voting__on the plan in
person, by proxy or by mail at a meeting of policyholders
called by the insurer for__that purpose pursuant to
reasonable notice__of the meeting and procedures as approved
by the superintendent.__The plan must specify that only
persons who were policyholders both at least one year before
the submission of the plan to the superintendent and on a
subsequent date before the vote found reasonable by the
superintendent are entitled to vote.__Each eligible
policyholder is entitled to one vote;

 
C.__The plan, when completed, would provide paid-in capital stock
for the reorganized insurer in an amount not less than the
minimum paid-in capital stock required of a new domestic


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