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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="9-206" title_number="9" title_name="Savings and Loan Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Incorporation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On receipt of the items listed in § 9-205 of this subtitle, the Division Director shall publish a notice of the filing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The notice shall state that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A public hearing may be held on a date that is at least 30 days and not more than 60 days after the filing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Written protests to the application shall be received no later than 10 days before the scheduled hearing; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the Division Director does not receive any written protest within the time provided in the notice, the hearing may be canceled.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The notice shall be published:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>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</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the Maryland Register as provided in the State Documents Law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>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.</text>
  </level>
</section>
