# Financial Institutions (GFI)

## Title 9. Savings and Loan Associations

### Subtitle 2. Incorporation

#### Section 9-206

(a)

  (1) On receipt of the items listed in Sec. 9-205 of this subtitle, the Division Director shall publish a notice of the filing.

  (2) The notice shall state that:

    (i) A public hearing may be held on a date that is at least 30 days and not more than 60 days after the filing;

    (ii) Written protests to the application shall be received no later than 10 days before the scheduled hearing; and

    (iii) If the Division Director does not receive any written protest within the time provided in the notice, the hearing may be canceled.

(b) The notice shall be published:

  (1) For at least 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the political subdivision where the principal office of the proposed savings and loan association in this State is to be located; and

  (2) In the Maryland Register as provided in the State Documents Law.

(c) The Division Director may prohibit testimony by any person who did not file a protest that complies with subsection (a)(2)(ii) of this section.

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Md. Code Ann., Fin. Inst. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)