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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="3-203" title_number="3" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Commercial Banks" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The incorporators shall file with the Commissioner for examination the two copies of the articles of incorporation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner shall investigate and determine if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The articles are framed in accordance with law;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The character, responsibility, and general fitness of the incorporators and directors named in the articles command confidence and warrant belief that the business of the proposed commercial bank will be conducted honestly and efficiently, in accordance with the intent of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Allowing the proposed commercial bank to engage in business:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Will promote public convenience and advantage; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is expedient and desirable.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>After the investigation, the Commissioner may require any change in the articles of incorporation that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 6 months after the articles are filed for examination, the Commissioner shall sign, date, and endorse each copy of the articles as “approved” or “refused”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If formation of the commercial bank is refused, the Commissioner shall return one of the endorsed copies of the articles to the incorporators.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If formation of the commercial bank is approved, the Commissioner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Return one of the endorsed copies of the articles to the incorporators; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Keep and record one of the endorsed copies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
