2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 11 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 11-1-101 — 11-111-116) › SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 11-40-101 — 11-49-115) › Article 41 - ORGANIZATION AND POWERS (§§ 11-41-101 — 11-41-134) › Section 11-41-131 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Dissolution

(1)
Any domestic association may elect to abandon its certificate of authority, liquidate its affairs, and dissolve as provided in this section. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors must be cast in favor of such proposal at a special meeting thereof. A certified copy of such action shall be furnished to the commissioner, who shall forthwith examine said association, and, if he determines that such association is solvent and that it is to the best interests of the members that such liquidation be accomplished in the manner provided in this section, he shall certify his approval thereto. Upon the granting of such approval, a special meeting of all members entitled to vote shall be called in the manner provided by section
11-41-123
. If a majority vote of all such members of the association is cast in favor of the proposal to liquidate and ultimately dissolve such association under the provisions of this section, such proposal shall be deemed adopted. A certified copy of all proceedings taken prior to and at such meeting shall be filed with the commissioner, who shall determine whether or not such proceedings have been conducted in accordance with law. If the commissioner finds that such proceedings are legal and proper, he shall certify his approval thereon and authorize said association to proceed with the liquidation in the manner provided in this section.
(2)
The board of directors shall act as trustees for liquidation, and shall proceed as speedily as may be practical to wind up the affairs of the association, and, to the extent necessary, shall exercise all the powers granted by articles
40
to 46 of this title to active associations and to the commissioner in the case of departmental liquidation, and, without prejudice to the generality of such authority, may carry out executory contracts, enter into new contracts, borrow money, mortgage or pledge property, sell assets at public or private sale, make and receive conveyances in the corporate name, lease real estate, settle or compromise claims, commence and prosecute all actions and proceedings necessary to enable liquidation, distribute assets either in cash or in kind among members according to their respective rights, after paying or adequately providing for the payment of liabilities, and do and perform all acts necessary or expedient to the winding up of the association. The board of directors has power to exchange or otherwise dispose of or place in trust all or any part of the assets upon such terms and conditions and for such considerations as may be deemed reasonable or expedient and may distribute such considerations among the members in proportion to their interest therein. In the absence of fraud, any determination of value made by said board of directors for any such purpose shall be conclusive.
(3)
The association, during the liquidation of the assets of the association, shall be subject to the supervision of the commissioner, and shall pay such fees and assessments as are provided for in articles 40 to
46
of this title in the case of active associations and shall report the progress of such liquidation to the commissioner as he may require. Upon completion of liquidation, a final report and accounting of the affairs of the association shall be made to the commissioner. Upon the approval of such report by the commissioner, the board of directors, without the necessity of further action by the members of the association, shall proceed to dissolve such association in the manner provided by law in the case of general corporations.
(4)
Nothing in this section shall prejudice the rights of the commissioner to take possession of any association, under the authority vested in him by the provisions of section
11-44-110
, upon determining that such procedure is to the best interest of the members.
L. 39: p. 260, § 35. CSA: C. 25, § 98. CRS 53: § 122-2-31. C.R.S. 1963: § 122-2-31.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.