Sec. 12. The department may authorize the resulting commercial bank to do the following:
(1) Wind up any activities legally engaged in by the savings association at the time of charter conversion not permitted to commercial banks.
(2) Retain any assets legally held by the savings association at the effective time of the charter conversion that may not be held by commercial banks for a transitional period.
The terms and conditions of the transitional period under subdivisions (1) and (2) are subject to the discretion of the department. However, the transitional period may not exceed ten (10) years after the effective time of the charter conversion.