Utah Code § 7-19-2

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the commissioner, or any receiver or liquidator appointed by the commissioner, may solicit offers from and authorize, require, or give effect to, a supervisory acquisition of, or a supervisory merger with respect to a failing or failed depository institution or failing or failed depository institution holding company by a Utah depository institution, an out-of-state depository institution, a Utah depository institution holding company, or an out-of-state depository institution holding company.