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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-307" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Formation, Organization, and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The incorporators shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>File with the Commissioner for examination three copies of the articles of incorporation and two copies of the bylaws; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pay to the Commissioner a fee of $500.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commissioner shall investigate and determine if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The articles and bylaws are framed in accordance with law and are reasonable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The character, responsibility, and general fitness of the incorporators command confidence and warrant belief that the business of the proposed credit union will be conducted honestly and efficiently, in accordance with the intent of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Allowing the proposed credit union 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 or bylaws that the Commissioner considers necessary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless the Commissioner notifies the applicant that a different time period is necessary, within 120 days after the articles and bylaws are filed, the Commissioner shall sign, date, and endorse each copy of the articles and bylaws as “approved” or “refused”.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If formation of the credit union is refused, the Commissioner shall notify the incorporators in writing of the reason for the refusal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If formation of the credit union is approved, the Commissioner shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Return to the incorporators two of the endorsed copies of the articles and one of the endorsed copies of the bylaws; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Keep one of the endorsed copies of the articles and the bylaws.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
