If the commissioner finds all of the following with respect to an application for approval of a conversion, the commissioner shall approve the application:

(a) That the shareholders equity of the resulting depository corporation will be adequate and that the financial condition of the resulting depository corporation will be satisfactory.

(b) That the directors, executive officers, and any controlling person of the resulting corporation will be satisfactory.

(c) That the name of the resulting depository corporation will not resemble so closely as to be likely to cause confusion the name of any other bank, savings association, or industrial loan company, as the case may be, that is transacting or has recently transacted business in this state.

(d) That the resulting depository corporation will afford reasonable promise of successful operation and that it is reasonable to believe that the resulting depository corporation will be operated in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with all applicable laws.

(e) In the case of a conversion of a California state savings association, that the conversion will not have a seriously adverse effect on the total availability of financing for housing in any market area of the converting savings association in this state or that any effect of that type is clearly outweighed in the public interest by the probable effect of the conversion in meeting the convenience and needs of the community to be served. Nothing in this subdivision authorizes the commissioner to require the resulting depository corporation to make financing for housing available.

If the commissioner finds otherwise, the commissioner shall deny the application for approval of the conversion.

(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1064, Sec. 527. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative July 1, 1997.)