2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 6 — Banks and banking
RS 6:213 — Articles of incorporation, filing, form, content; letter of acceptance for filing

§213. Articles of incorporation, filing, form, content; letter of acceptance for filing

A.(1) The articles of incorporation or a multiple original thereof of a state bank shall be filed with the office of financial institutions. They may be delivered to the office of financial institutions in advance for filing as of any specified date and, if specified upon such delivery, as of any given time on such date within thirty days after the date of delivery.

(2) The articles shall be upon a form acceptable to the commissioner. The articles of incorporation as originally filed with the commissioner shall contain the name and parish of domicile of the bank, the duration or a statement that the duration shall be perpetual, the classes of stock, the number of shares authorized, the par value of the shares, the names and addresses of the proposed incorporators, and the name, address, and occupation of each of the proposed directors. The parish of domicile of a bank shall be the parish in which the main office of the bank is located.

B.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 6:291, the articles of incorporation may contain other provisions for the regulation of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the state bank including any provision authorized by R.S. 12:24(C)(3) or (4), but they shall not contain any provision which is in derogation of the provisions of this law or violates any other provision of the laws of this state or of the laws of the United States.

(2) When all fees and charges have been paid as required by law, the commissioner shall review the filed articles and, if the articles comply with the provisions of this law, shall issue a letter of acceptance for filing endorsed with the date and hour, if requested, of his acceptance. If the commissioner finds that the articles of incorporation violate any part of this law, he shall notify the proposed incorporators of such violation and shall require that the articles be amended to conform to the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1984, No. 719, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1987, No. 261, §3, eff. July 3, 1987; Acts 1997, No. 965, §1; Acts 2001, No. 915, §1, eff. June 26, 2001.