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A. Subject to the regulation of the commissioner and in addition to the powers granted by this Chapter, each savings bank operating under this Chapter shall possess all of the powers of a savings and loan association operating under the laws of the state of Louisiana and of a savings and loan association operating under the laws of the United States. Subject to the regulations of the commissioner, a savings bank may also obtain such other powers available to banks operating under the laws of the state of Louisiana as are consistent with the policy and purposes of this Chapter.
B. A savings bank may establish branches or offices at which savings or investments are regularly received or loans approved, as follows:
(1)To the same geographical extent that branch powers and offices are granted
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A. Subject to the regulation of the commissioner and in addition to the powers granted by this Chapter, each savings bank operating under this Chapter shall possess all of the powers of a savings and loan association operating under the laws of the state of Louisiana and of a savings and loan association operating under the laws of the United States. Subject to the regulations of the commissioner, a savings bank may also obtain such other powers available to banks operating under the laws of the state of Louisiana as are consistent with the policy and purposes of this Chapter.
B. A savings bank may establish branches or offices at which savings or investments are regularly received or loans approved, as follows:
(1) To the same geographical extent that branch powers and offices are granted to state banks under the Louisiana Banking Law;
(2) To the same geographical extent to which a savings and loan association organized under the laws of this state or the United States and doing business in Louisiana is permitted; and
(3) To the same extent as holding companies and savings and loan associations headquartered outside the state of Louisiana but allowed to operate in Louisiana pursuant to Chapter 9-B of Title 6 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a savings bank which purchases or assumes all or any part of the assets or liabilities of an eligible insured bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, may retain and maintain the main premises or branches purchased from the eligible insured bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association, as branches of the purchasing savings bank, provided it assumes the deposit liabilities of the eligible insured bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association maintained at such main premises or branches.