§ 36. Sale of project prior to termination of tax exemption. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this article and prior to the expiration of thirty-five years from the date of occupancy, a project, other than a project aided by a loan made after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, shall not be sold except to a company organized pursuant to the provisions of this article; prior to the expiration of twenty years from the date of occupancy, a project aided by a loan made after May first, nineteen hundred fifty-nine, shall not be sold except to a company organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. Such successor company shall acquire such project subject to all the provisions of the loan and mortgage contract and the provisions of this article, and shall be entitled to all the benefits provided in such contract or granted under this article, and a company so conveying all its projects may be dissolved with the consent of the commissioner or the supervising agency, as the case may be.

2. In the event of any sale described in this section, the stockholders of the dissolving company shall in no event receive more than the par value of their stock with accrued and unpaid dividends upon such stock.