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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="9-208.1" title_number="9" title_name="Savings and Loan Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Incorporation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Division Director may not approve any applications seeking incorporation of a newly formed savings and loan association under this title on or after July 1, 1990.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Division Director may approve an application seeking incorporation of a newly formed savings and loan association under this title if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The application provides that the newly formed association will, immediately after filing its articles of incorporation with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, convert to a commercial bank under the provisions of §§ 9-631 through 9-639 of this title or convert to a federally chartered savings and loan association under §§ 9-613 through 9-615 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The association does not operate as a savings and loan association under this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>All other requirements set forth in this title and imposed by the Commissioner are satisfied.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
