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Upon application of either five (5) individual incorporators or a bank holding company domiciled in this state, the commissioner may grant a charter and may issue a certificate of authority to the incorporators if the commissioner finds that the immediate formation of a new state bank will protect the depositors of a state bank closed in accordance with § 45-2-1502.
The requirements contained in this chapter pertaining to the formation and operation of a state bank shall not be applicable for a period of one (1) year after formation of a new state bank hereunder, unless the commissioner determines that the requirements are necessary to the operation of the new state bank.
None of the restrictions contained in the Bank Structure Act of 1974, compiled in part 14 of this chapter, or as the same may be hereafter amended, shall apply to the formation of the new state bank.
The new state bank may acquire all or any part of the assets or deposits of a closed bank in accordance with this chapter.