(a)   The board of directors of a commercial bank may declare a cash dividend
only from the following, after providing for due or accrued expenses,
losses, interest, and taxes:
    (1)   Its undivided profits; or
    (2)   With the prior approval of the Commissioner, its surplus in excess of
100 percent of its required capital stock.
  (b)   If any stockholder receives a cash dividend that was declared or paid
in violation of this section or § 3-306 of this subtitle, the
stockholder is liable to the commercial bank for the full amount of the
dividend to the extent that the capital and surplus of the commercial
bank fails to meet the requirements of § 3-306 of this subtitle.
  (c)   If any director of a commercial bank votes for or assents to the
declaration of any cash dividend when the director knows that the
commercial bank is insolvent or is in danger of insolvency or when the
director does not have reason to believe that there are sufficient
undivided profits or surplus properly available to pay the dividend
under this section, the director is liable, individually and jointly
with all other directors so voting or assenting, to the persons who
were creditors of the commercial bank when the dividend was declared
for the amount by which these creditors remain unpaid, but not more
than twice the amount of the dividend.
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