(A) The articles of incorporation of a proposed bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or savings bank must be signed and acknowledged by or on behalf of an organizer and must contain the following:
(1) the information required to be set forth in articles of incorporation under Title 33;
(2) any provision consistent with Title 33 and other applicable law that the organizers elect to set forth for the regulation of the internal affairs of the proposed bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or savings bank and that the board authorizes or requires; and
(3) any provision the board requires or authorizes as a substitute for a provision that otherwise would be required by Title 33.
(B) Before the chartering of a proposed bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or savings bank, the articles of incorporation filed under the provisions of Section 34-1-160 must be sufficiently certified to the FDIC or any other applicable regulatory agencies that the proposed bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or savings bank is a legal entity.
HISTORY: 2021 Act No. 30 (S.467), Section 1, eff May 6, 2021.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 34 - Banking, Financial Institutions and Money
Chapter 1 - State Board Of Financial Institutions
Section 34-1-20. Appointment of members.
Section 34-1-30. Terms of members; vacancies.
Section 34-1-40. Expenses of members.
Section 34-1-50. Office space.
Section 34-1-80. Examining department; Commissioner of Banking.
Section 34-1-90. Commissioner of Banking shall report criminal violations to Board.
Section 34-1-100. Initiation of criminal prosecutions.
Section 34-1-120. Penalties for obstructing Commissioner of Banking.
Section 34-1-130. Study of capital reserve position of financial institutions; report.
Section 34-1-140. State preemption of lender regulation.
Section 34-1-150. Requirements for applicant seeking permission to organize a bank.
Section 34-1-160. Authorization of organization of proposed bank; articles of incorporation.
Section 34-1-170. Requirements for articles of incorporation of proposed bank.
Section 34-1-180. Requirements for board to approve a charter for proposed bank.
Section 34-1-210. Remote service unit not considered a branch of a bank.
Section 34-1-220. Delegations to the Commissioner of Banking.