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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-1105" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Savings and Loan Associations -- Emergency Interstate Acquisitions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, a commercial bank acquired under this subtitle may exercise all the powers of, and shall be subject only to those restrictions imposed on a commercial bank owned by a Maryland bank holding company under applicable State law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A commercial bank that results from a conversion of a savings and loan association or acquires a savings and loan association may hold assets or conduct business activities, other than insurance assets and insurance activities, that result from the acquisition of a savings and loan association and that do not conform with applicable law, unless a different period is authorized by federal regulatory agencies:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For a period of 5 years after the acquisition; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Commissioner approves, for an additional period not exceeding 5 years.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A commercial bank that results from a conversion of a savings and loan association or acquires a savings and loan association may hold insurance assets or conduct insurance activities that result from the acquisition of a savings and loan association and that do not conform with applicable law, unless a different period is authorized by federal regulatory agencies, for a period of 2 years after the date of acquisition.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a commercial bank acquired under this subtitle may hold insurance assets or conduct insurance activities only to the extent permitted under applicable law to a Maryland commercial bank.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A commercial bank that results from the conversion of a savings and loan association or acquires a savings and loan association that is subject to the provisions of this section may not exercise any rights afforded to a Maryland bank, a Maryland bank holding company, or an out-of-state bank holding company under any Maryland law authorizing reciprocal interstate banking acquisitions until such time as national reciprocal interstate banking is authorized under State law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
