- (a) No banking institution may hereafter be incorporated unless it shall have bona fide subscribed capital stock and capital surplus equal to at least $4 million. The West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions shall require capital in excess of $4 million if, in its judgment, economic conditions or the operating environment of the proposed banking institution make such a requirement necessary.
- (b) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner or the West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions may approve the incorporation of a bank newly organized solely for the purpose of facilitating the acquisition of another bank if the proposed newly organized bank has a bona fide subscribed capital stock and capital surplus of at least $60,000.
- (c) Banking institutions shall issue shares of one or more classes of stock and the shares shall have a nominal or par value of not less than $1 nor more than $100 each and, as to each banking institution, each share shall be equal in all respects with any other share within each class of stock.
- (d) Any banking institution may change the par value of its shares when and to the extent that any such action may be authorized in writing by the commissioner.