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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-1014" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Branch Banking">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An out-of-state bank that proposes to establish a branch in this State:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall qualify under § 7-203 of the Corporations and Associations Article to do business in the State as a foreign corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 15 days of filing a branch application with the appropriate bank supervisory agency, shall provide the Commissioner with a copy of the branch application.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An out-of-state bank that does not have a branch in this State on September 29, 1995, may not establish a branch in this State before June 1, 1997, unless the laws of that bank’s home state would permit a banking institution to establish a branch in that state under substantially similar conditions as those imposed by this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An out-of-state bank that has a branch in this State may establish additional branches in this State to the same extent as a banking institution or to the extent otherwise permitted by federal law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
