Bill Text: CA SB340 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Corporations: dissolution: bankruptcy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 267, Statutes of 2017. [SB340 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB340-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 340

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Introduced by Senator Hertzberg

February 14, 2017

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An act to amend Section 1401 of, and to add Section 1905.2 to, the Corporations Code, relating to corporations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 340, as introduced, Hertzberg. Corporations: dissolution: bankruptcy.

Under existing law, any domestic corporation, with respect to which a proceeding has been initiated under any applicable statute of the United States relating to reorganizations of corporations, has full power and authority to put into effect and carry out any plan of reorganization and the orders of the court or judge entered in that proceeding and is authorized to take any proceeding and do any act provided in the plan or directed by those orders, without further action by its board or shareholders. Existing law requires a certificate of any amendment, change, or alteration, or of dissolution or any agreement of merger made by a corporation and executed, as specified, to be filed and to become effective in accordance with its terms and specified provisions.

This bill would authorize a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative appointed by the court for a corporation, with respect to which a reorganization proceeding has been initiated, to execute and file a certificate of dissolution subject to the requirements described below.

Whenever a corporation has elected to wind up and dissolve, existing law requires a specified certificate evidencing that election to be filed and also requires a certificate of dissolution to be filed.

This bill would eliminate the requirement to file a certificate of election to wind up and dissolve for a corporation subject to an order for relief entered in a reorganization proceeding and would authorize a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer or other representative appointed by the court to sign and verify the certificate of dissolution.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 1401 of the Corporations Code is amended to read:

1401.

 (a) A certificate of any amendment, change or alteration or of dissolution or any agreement of merger made by such corporation pursuant to Section 1400 and executed as provided in subdivision (b), shall be filed and shall thereupon become effective in accordance with its terms and the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Such certificate, agreement of merger or other instrument shall be signed and verified, as may be directed by such orders of the court or judge, by the trustee or trustees appointed in the reorganization proceeding (or a majority thereof) or, if none is appointed and acting, by officers of the corporation designated or by a master or other representative appointed by the court or judge, and shall state that provision for the making of such certificate, agreement or instrument is contained in an order, identifying the same, of a court or judge having jurisdiction of a proceeding under a statute of the United States for the reorganization of such corporation.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative appointed by the court for a corporation, with respect to which a proceeding has been initiated under any applicable statute of the United States as described in subdivision (b) of Section 1905.2, may execute and file a certificate of dissolution as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 1905.2.

SEC. 2.

 Section 1905.2 is added to the Corporations Code, to read:

1905.2.

 (a) A certificate evidencing an election to wind up and dissolve pursuant to Section 1901 is not required to be filed for a corporation described in subdivision (b).

(b) A trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative appointed by the court for a corporation subject to an order for relief entered in a case under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 1101) of Title 11 of the United States Code may sign and verify a certificate of dissolution when the corporation has been completely wound up.

(c) The certificate of dissolution shall state the following:

(1) The name of the corporation.

(2) That an order for relief was entered in a case under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 1101) of Title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the corporation.

(3) The identification of the court in which the order for relief was entered and the court’s file number for the matter.

(4) That an order confirming a reorganization plan has been entered in that case.

(5) That the undersigned has been appointed by the court as a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative of the corporation.

(6) That the shares of the corporation have been canceled pursuant to the terms of that plan.

(7) That the assets of the corporation have been distributed pursuant to the terms of that plan.

(8) That the corporation is dissolved.