Section 49-2-18 - Conversion of corporations organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86, into general corporations. - New Mexico Statutes

49-2-18. Conversion of corporations organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86, into general corporations.

Twenty or more owners and proprietors of record of a corporation organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86, may prepare proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws and a plan of conversion for the purpose of converting the existing corporation into a corporation organized under the general corporation law of this state. Upon notice, the proposers shall call a meeting of all owners and proprietors of record entitled to vote in the affairs of the existing corporation. The notice shall be published in English in a newspaper of general circulation in a county in which the existing corporation is located, once a week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be not more than thirty days prior to the date set for the meeting. Similar publication shall also be made in Spanish if there is a Spanish language newspaper of general circulation in the county. The proposed articles of incorporation and bylaws and the plan of conversion shall be presented at the meeting, and, if approved by a vote of the majority of the owners and proprietors of record present at the meeting, then, upon the filing of the articles of incorporation and bylaws with the state corporation commission [public regulation commission] and the issuance of a certificate of incorporation, the corporation organized under Laws 1891, Chapter 86, is converted into a domestic corporation authorized to do business and entitled to all privileges and immunities of a domestic corporation organized under the general corporation laws of this state.