[§415B-39] Effectiveness of amendment. No amendment to the articles of incorporation shall affect any existing cause of action in favor of or against a corporation, any pending action to which a corporation shall be a party, or the existing rights of persons other than members; and, if the corporate name is changed by amendment, no action brought by or against the corporation under its former name shall abate for that reason. [L 1985, c 270, pt of §1]