West Virginia Code § 31A-4-1

General corporation laws applicable; charter applications to be approved
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by West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions.
(a) The general corporation laws of the state, including the provisions of chapter thirty-one-d
of this code, shall govern banking institutions and the chartering thereof, except as
otherwise provided in or where inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, when the
banking institutions are chartered as business corporations. e
(b) The provisions of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, chapter thirty-one-b of this
code shall govern banking institutions and the organizing thereof, except as otherwise
provided in or where inconsistent with the provisions of this chaupter when the banking
institutions are chartered as limited liability companies. Any reference in this chapter to
"directors" of a bank, in the case of limited liability companyt banks, refers to the bank's
members if the bank is a member-managed company or to the bank's managers if it is a
manager-managed company.
(c) No charter shall issue in this state for any bankling institution unless the application
therefor shall have been submitted to and appsroved by the West Virginia Board of Banking
and Financial Institutions: Provided, That the board may not approve the application to
charter any banking institution unless the proposed banking institution does business within
this state and is subject to the supergvision of the Commissioner of Banking.

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