Title 26 — Banks and Other Financial Institutions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Acquire” means: (A) The merger or consolidation of 1 association with another association or with a savings and loan holding company or the merger of 1 savings and loan holding company with another savings and loan holding company;…

(a) A regional association, regional savings and loan holding company, District association, or District savings and loan holding company may acquire a District association or District savings and loan holding company on the approval of the Superintendent [Commissioner], if and o…

(a) Ninety days after October 12, 1988, a regional association or a regional savings and loan holding company may obtain a certificate of authority to establish, maintain, and acquire branches in the District on approval of the Superintendent [Commissioner]. (b) Before granting a…

(a) When not inconsistent with federal law, the Superintendent [Commissioner] shall require each association or savings and loan holding company seeking to make an acquisition under § 26-1202 or seeking to branch under § 26-1203 to file information applicable to the nature of the…

(a) Ninety days after October 12, 1988, a nonregional association or a nonregional savings and loan holding company may acquire, on the approval of the Superintendent [Commissioner]: (1) A District association that has been in existence on January 1, 1988, and continuously operat…

(a) Prior to deciding whether to grant approval of the application under § 26-1202, § 26-1203, or § 26-1205, the Superintendent [Commissioner] shall accept public comment on the application and shall hold a public hearing on the application, according to procedures established by…

(a) Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this chapter or other applicable District or federal law, an association or savings and loan holding company that is not a District association or District savings and loan holding company or is not a regional association or regional…

(a) A District association that is controlled by a savings and loan holding company other than a District savings and loan holding company shall be subject and entitled to the benefit of all laws of the District and the rules promulgated pursuant to laws relating to the acquisiti…

The Superintendent [Commissioner] shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue proposed rules to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day review period, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holida…

(a) This chapter shall not be construed to require divestiture by an association or a savings and loan holding company that acquired its subsidiary District association or District savings and loan holding company prior to October 12, 1988. (b) This chapter shall not require a re…

(a) An association’s status as a regional association shall not be affected by the association’s conversion, after October 12, 1988, from a federal charter to a charter issued by a state in the region or by the association’s conversion from a state charter to a federal charter, s…

Following an acquisition pursuant to this chapter, the deposits of any resulting association doing business in the District shall be insured by either the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pursuant to 12 U.S.C. § 1811 et seq., or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora…

This chapter shall not be construed to: (1) Grant the Superintendent [Commissioner] or any other District agency jurisdiction over a federal association or any merger or consolidation of a federal association in which an association chartered by the District is not a party; or (2…

(a) The Superintendent [Commissioner] shall examine all nonfederal District associations controlled by an association or savings and loan holding company and all District branches controlled by an association or savings and loan holding company. (b) The Superintendent [Commission…

(a) The Superintendent [Commissioner] shall report violations of any provision of this chapter to the Corporation Counsel. The Corporation Counsel may institute a civil action on behalf of the District for equitable or any other appropriate relief, including the imposition of civ…

(a) Each association or savings and loan holding company making an application to the Superintendent [Commissioner] under § 26-1202 or § 26-1203 shall include in that application a statement identifying a registered agent and registered office for the association or savings and l…

(a) Recipients of the District of Columbia government contracts are encouraged to use federally and District chartered minority-owned savings and loan associations certified by the Small and Local Business Opportunity Commission in accordance with subchapter IX-A of Chapter 2 of …