2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 13 - BANKS, BANKING AND FINANCE
CHAPTER 2 - ORGANIZATION OF BANKS
13-2-207. Procedure upon filing of articles of incorporation, application and other information.

Upon filing with the state banking commissioner the articles of incorporation as required by W.S. 13-2-201 and 13-2-202, an application and any other information required by the rules and regulations of the board, the state banking commissioner shall notify the applicants in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of any deficiency in the required information or that the application has been accepted for filing. When the state banking commissioner is satisfied that all required information has been furnished, he shall notify the chairman of the board who shall establish a time and place within the county of the proposed financial institution location for a public hearing which shall be not less than sixty (60) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days after notice from the state banking commissioner that the application is in order. Within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of the time and place of the public hearing, the applicant shall cause notice of filing of the application and of the hearing to be published at applicant's expense in a newspaper of general circulation within the county where the proposed financial institution is to be located. Publication shall be made at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks before the hearing stating the proposed location of the financial institution, the names of the proposed applicants for a charter, the nature of the activities to be conducted by the proposed institution and other information as the board shall prescribe from time to time by rules and regulations. The applicant shall furnish proof of publication to the state banking commissioner not more than ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The state banking commissioner shall send notice of the hearing to state and national banks, federal savings and loan associations and other financial institutions in the state who have requested notice from the state banking commissioner and to the appropriate federal financial institution regulatory authorities.