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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="9-210" title_number="9" title_name="Savings and Loan Associations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Incorporation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “business” means receiving funds or making loans.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A savings and loan association forfeits its charter for nonuse if it:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has not begun business within 180 days of the acceptance for record of its articles of incorporation, except that the Division Director may grant one extension of not more than 180 days; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After beginning business, does not engage actively in business during any continuous period of 180 days.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The charter of the savings and loan association is void when the State Department of Assessments and Taxation receives a certified copy of a final order, issued by the Division Director, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Finds there is no just cause for the failure to begin or engage in business; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Directs the savings and loan association to dissolve its business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
