Ind. Code § 8-1-13-12
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Sale, encumbrance, or other disposition of property
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Sec. 12. (a) No corporation may sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, the property of the corporation unless (1) the same shall be authorized by a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of its members duly called and held as provided in section 8 of this chapter, which resolution shall have received the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all its members and unless (2) the same shall be approved by the commission.
(b) The board of directors of a corporation shall have full power and authority, without authorization by the members thereof, to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage, or mortgages, or a deed or deeds of trust of, or the pledging or encumbering of, any of or all the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the corporation, whether acquired or to be acquired and wherever situated, as well as the revenues therefrom, for the purpose of financing the construction or maintenance of the corporations' distribution or transmission system or systems, and for general plant as defined in the uniform system of accounts prescribed by the commission, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the corporation to any federal agency or to any financial institution, which action of the board of directors shall not be subject to the approval of the commission if the corporation has a mortgage with any federal agency.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.12; Acts 1937, c.258, s.8; Acts 1953, c.47, s.1; Acts 1969, c.117, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.83, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.3; P.L.23-1988, SEC.49.
(b) The board of directors of a corporation shall have full power and authority, without authorization by the members thereof, to authorize the execution and delivery of a mortgage, or mortgages, or a deed or deeds of trust of, or the pledging or encumbering of, any of or all the property, assets, rights, privileges, licenses, franchises and permits of the corporation, whether acquired or to be acquired and wherever situated, as well as the revenues therefrom, for the purpose of financing the construction or maintenance of the corporations' distribution or transmission system or systems, and for general plant as defined in the uniform system of accounts prescribed by the commission, all upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors shall determine, to secure any indebtedness of the corporation to any federal agency or to any financial institution, which action of the board of directors shall not be subject to the approval of the commission if the corporation has a mortgage with any federal agency.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.175, s.12; Acts 1937, c.258, s.8; Acts 1953, c.47, s.1; Acts 1969, c.117, s.1; Acts 1971, P.L.83, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.102, SEC.3; P.L.23-1988, SEC.49.
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