Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this section, "primary federal regulator" means the federal agency primarily responsible for the regulation of mutual holding companies (as defined in IC 28-6.2-1-12).
(b) A mutual savings bank may, upon application to and with the approval by the department and the primary federal regulator, reorganize as a federal mutual holding company by undertaking a transaction or series of transactions substantially similar to those set forth in section 1 of this chapter.