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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="9-302" title_number="9" title_name="Savings and Loan Associations" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Organization and Capitalization">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The business and affairs of a savings and loan association shall be managed under the direction of a board of directors.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A savings and loan association shall have at least 5 directors, as its charter or bylaws provide.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each director of a savings and loan association shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A citizen of the United States; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A member of the association or the holder of a savings account in the association.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least two-thirds of the directors shall be residents of this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each nonresident director shall be approved by the Division Director as qualified to serve.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section does not apply to any member of a board of directors who was serving on a board before July 1, 1980.</text>
  </level>
</section>
