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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="4-208" title_number="4" title_name="Banking Institutions -- Savings Banks" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before the Commissioner issues a certificate to do business, a savings bank shall have an initial guaranty fund that equals at least:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The minimum amount of capital stock required for formation of a commercial bank in the municipal area of the proposed savings bank; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any greater amount that the Commissioner determines is necessary to keep the savings bank solvent.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before a savings bank establishes a branch, the savings bank shall have a guaranty fund as provided in this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For a branch that is to be located inside the municipal area of the principal banking office of the savings bank, the savings bank shall have a guaranty fund of not less than 5 percent of its total deposits.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>For a branch that is to be located outside the municipal area of the principal banking office of the savings bank, the savings bank shall have a guaranty fund of not less than the sum of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5 percent of its total deposits; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The minimum capital and surplus that is required for formation of a commercial bank in the municipal area of the proposed branch.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
