Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any company which has established or establishes on or after March 8, 1935, a segregated investment account of assets as authorized in Class 1(c) of section 1 of this chapter may provide that such segregated investment account of assets shall be managed by a committee, board, or similarly designated body, the members of which need not be otherwise affiliated with such company or its board of directors and the members of which may be elected solely by the owners of the contracts issued and outstanding under such account, and may further provide that each contract owner under such account shall have the right, with respect to the election of members of such committee, board, or body and with respect to other matters pertaining only to such account, to vote a number of votes proportionate to the value of the contract owner's interest in the account in the manner provided by such rules as may be adopted by such committee, board, or body.
IC 27-1-5-2