\n(a) Article 2 of this Chapter shall not apply to applications for permission to organize an interim State savings bank so long as the application is approved by the Commissioner of Banks.\n(b) Preliminary approval of an application for permission to organize an interim State savings bank is conditional upon the Commissioner of Banks' approval of an application to merge the interim savings bank and an existing stock savings bank or on the Commissioner of Banks' approval of any other transaction. (1991, c. 680, s. 1; 2001-193, s. 16.)
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