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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="9-207" title_number="9" title_name="Savings and Loan Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Incorporation">
  <text>The Division Director shall determine from the available information if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>The name of the proposed savings and loan association:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Is the same as an existing association or so similar to the name of an existing association as to mislead the public; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>Complies with § 9-203 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The character, responsibility, and general fitness of the incorporators, board of directors, officers and controlling persons of the proposed association qualifies those individuals to act as incorporators, directors, officers, or controlling persons;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The establishment of the proposed association and its location will promote the public interest; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>The proposed association, if a stock association, has subscription for capital stock in an amount determined by the Division Director to be sufficient for the safe and proper operation of the association, which in no event may be less than $1,000,000.</text>
  </level>
</section>
