§414D-184 Restated, amended and restated, articles of incorporation. (a) A corporation's board of directors may restate its articles of incorporation at any time with or without approval by members or any other person.
(b) If the restatement includes an amendment requiring approval by members, the board must submit the restatement to the members for their approval.
(c) If the board seeks to have the restatement approved by the members at a membership meeting, the corporation shall notify each of its members of the proposed membership meeting in accordance with section 414D-105. The notice shall also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed restatement and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the restatement.
(d) If the board seeks to have the restatement approved by the members by ballot or written consent, the material soliciting the approval shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the restatement.
(e) A restatement requiring approval by the members must be approved by the same vote as an amendment to articles under section 414D-182.
(f) A corporation restating its articles shall deliver to the department director articles of restatement setting forth the name of the corporation and the text of the restated articles of incorporation together with a statement that the restatement of incorporation correctly sets forth without change the corresponding provisions of the articles of incorporation as theretofore amended and that the restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and any amendments thereto.
(g) Duly adopted restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments to them.
(h) The department director may certify restated articles of incorporation, as the articles of incorporation currently in effect, without including the information required by subsection (f).
(i) A domestic corporation may at any time amend and restate its articles of incorporation by complying with the procedures and requirements of this part.
(j) Upon its adoption, the amended and restated articles of incorporation shall set forth:
(1) All of the operative provisions of the articles of incorporation as theretofore amended;
(2) The information required by section 414D-183; and
(3) A statement that the amended and restated articles of incorporation supersede the original articles of incorporation and all amendments thereto.
(k) The amended and restated articles of incorporation shall be delivered to the director for filing together with a statement setting forth:
(1) Whether the restatement contains an amendment to the articles requiring member approval and, if it does not, that the board of directors adopted the restatement; or
(2) If the restatement contains an amendment to the articles requiring member approval, the information required by section 414D-183. The department director may certify the amended and restated articles of incorporation as the articles of incorporation currently in effect, without including the information required to be filed by subsection (j)(2) and (3). [L 2001, c 105, pt of §1; am L 2003, c 124, §29; am L 2011, c 37, §13]