Every paying and receiving station, banking house or office, or drive-in and walkup facility existing on August 1, 1996, must be considered a separate facility approved by the state banking board or the comptroller of the currency, as the case may be, under this chapter. A facility approved under this section may continue to provide from the facility those services or functions as were permitted to be provided before August 1, 1996. National banking associations located in this state have the same, but no greater, right by virtue of sections 6-03-13.1 and 6-03-13.3 as banks organized under the laws of this state.
6-03-13.5. National bank, federal savings association, or state savings and loan association conversion to state bank. A national bank, federal savings association, or state savings and loan association located in this state which follows the procedure prescribed by federal law to convert into a state bank
must be granted a state charter if it meets the provisions of the North Dakota Century Code for the incorporation and chartering of a new state bank. Any requirement that shares must be paid in cash may be satisfied by the exchange of shares of the converted state bank for those of the converting national bank, federal savings association, or state savings and loan association, which may be valued at no more than their fair cash market value. The procedure for incorporation of a state bank may be modified by the board to the extent made necessary by the difference between an ordinary incorporation and a conversion and no public hearing need be held on a conversion application. A national bank, federal savings association, or state savings and loan association proposing to convert into a state-chartered bank shall grant the commissioner discretionary authority to conduct an examination. The commissioner shall set fees for the examination at an hourly rate sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses of the department of financial institutions associated with the examination. Fees must be collected by the commissioner, transferred to the state treasurer, and deposited in the financial institutions regulatory fund.