Ch. 213

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

5-206.1.

(a)     Within 30 days of adoption, a national banking association located in the
[State or] STATE, a banking institution, OR AN OTHER-STATE BANK THAT MAINTAINS
A BRANCH IN THIS STATE shall submit to the BANK Commissioner a copy of its most
recently adopted federal Community Reinvestment Act statement.

(b)     Within 30 days of receipt, the [association or] ASSOCIATION, institution, OR
BANK shall submit to the BANK Commissioner a copy of the public portion of its most
recent Community Reinvestment Act performance evaluation prepared by the federal
regulatory agency that examines the [association or] ASSOCIATION, institution, OR
BANK, together with a copy of any written response to the evaluation prepared by the
[association or] ASSOCIATION, institution, OR BANK for its public Community
Reinvestment Act file.

(c)     (1) Upon request, the BANK Commissioner shall make available to the
public a copy of the documents submitted under this section.

(2) The BANK Commissioner may charge a reasonable fee to a person
requesting a copy to help defray the costs of providing copies of the documents to the
public.

5-207.

(a)     At' any time that the Bank Commissioner considers necessary, the Bank
Commissioner may ask a banking institution OR AN OTHER-STATE BANK THAT
MAINTAINS A BRANCH IN THIS STATE to submit a special financial report.

(b)     Each report under this section shall be made in the same manner as provided
in § 5-206 of this subtitle. [However, the banking institution need not publish a summary
of the. report.].

5-208.

(a)     If a banking institution OR AN OTHER-STATE BANK fails to make any report
or submit proof of publication as required by this article, the banking institution OR
OTHER-STATE BANK is subject, in the discretion of the Bank Commissioner, to a civil
penalty of $50 for each day that the report or proof is overdue.

(b)     The Bank Commissioner may institute proceedings to enforce this section.

SUBTITLE 9. BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.

5-901.

(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B) "ACQUIRE" MEANS:

(1) FOR ONE BANK HOLDING COMPANY TO MERGE OR CONSOLIDATE
WITH ANOTHER BANK HOLDING COMPANY;

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