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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="5-512" title_number="5" title_name="Banking Institutions -- General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Commercial loan” means a loan that is made:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Solely to acquire or carry on a business or commercial enterprise; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To any business or commercial organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Consumer loan” means a loan that is made primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Executive officer” has the meaning stated in Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, § 215.2.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless the loan is approved or exempted from approval as provided in this section, the following persons may not borrow, directly or indirectly, any money from a banking institution:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any director, officer, or employee of the banking institution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any partnership of which the director, officer, or employee is a member; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any corporation in which the director, officer, or employee is an officer or owns the majority interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not require approval of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A commercial loan that is made to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A director of the banking institution, unless the director also is an officer or employee of the banking institution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A partnership of which the director is a member, unless an officer or employee of the banking institution also is a member of that partnership; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A corporation in which the director holds any interest, unless an officer or employee of the banking institution is an officer or owns the majority interest in that corporation; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A loan that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A consumer loan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Is made to an employee of a banking institution who is not an executive officer or director of the banking institution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A loan to a director, officer, or employee of a banking institution may be made only if the loan has been approved by a resolution adopted at and recorded in the minutes of a meeting of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The board of directors of the banking institution; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The executive committee of the banking institution, if that committee is authorized to make loans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a loan is approved by an executive committee, the loan approval shall be reported to the board of directors at its next meeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A loan made under this section shall be reviewed every 6 months by the board of directors.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The loan may not be renewed or extended unless the renewal or extension has been approved by a resolution adopted at a meeting of the board of directors and recorded in the minutes of the meeting.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>All loans to a director, officer, or employee of a banking institution are subject to the limitations imposed by § 3-601 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
