{"data":{"id":"us-me/13-c-m.r.s.-1008","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"13-C M.R.S. §1008","heading":"Amendment pursuant to reorganization","body":"1.  Court ordered reorganization.  A corporation's articles of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors or shareholders to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction under the authority of a law of the United States.\n2.  Individual appointed by court.  The individual or individuals designated by the court pursuant to subsection 1 shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of amendment setting forth:\nA.  The name of the corporation;\nB.  The text of each amendment approved by the court;\nC.  The date of the court's order or decree approving the articles of amendment;\nD.  The title of the reorganization proceeding in which the order or decree was entered; and\nE.  A statement that the court had jurisdiction of the proceeding under federal statute.\n3.  Final decree.  This section does not apply after entry of a final decree in the reorganization proceeding even though the court retains jurisdiction of the proceeding for limited purposes unrelated to consummation of the reorganization plan.","path":["TITLE 13-C: MAINE BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT","CHAPTER 10: AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS","SUBCHAPTER 1: AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/13-C/title13-Csec1008.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"3c1416a3b47ece6437f0f893d142339f9caed845dcc6424391f736bbc871bda4","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/13-c-m.r.s.-1007","next":"us-me/13-c-m.r.s.-1009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}