La. R.S. 6:1285

With the prior approval of the commissioner, which approval shall state that the proposed merger is in his opinion necessary for the protection of the depositors and other creditors, any financial institution may, by a vote of a majority of its board of directors and without a vote of its members or stockholders, merge another savings bank, a savings and loan association, a federal savings and loan association, or bank with such other savings bank, savings and loan association, federal association, or bank being the resulting or continuing association, federal association, or bank.