§ 12692
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(a)The provisions of Sections 12310 and 12313 of the new law relating to the contents of articles of incorporation do not apply to subject corporations unless and until an amendment of the articles is filed stating that the corporation elects to be governed by all of the provisions of the new law not otherwise applicable to it under this chapter.
(b)The amendment described in subdivision
(a)may be adopted by the board alone, except that if such amendment makes any change in the articles other than conforming the statement of purposes of the subject corporation to Section 12310, deleting any references to the location of its principal office, deleting any statement of par value or any statement regarding the number of directors, or conforming any such statement to Section 12331 (subject to Section 12694), the amendment shall also be approved by the members (Section 12224) if such approval is otherwise required for the changes made.
(c)The amendment shall not name the corporation’s initial agent for service of process if a report required by Section 12570 has been filed.