Title 9-B MRSA Section111 declares that it is the policy of the state to supervise financial institutions in a manner to assure their strength, stability, and efficiency and encourage development and expansion of financial services advantageous to the public welfare.
Title 9-B MRSA Section215 gives the Superintendent the power to implement, by rule or regulation, any provision of law relating to the supervision of financial institutions.
Title 9-B MRSA Section243(2) gives the Superintendent the power to permit, by regulation, exceptions to the tie-in prohibitions that are not contrary to the public interest and the purposes of the tie-in prohibitions.
02-029 C.M.R. ch. 135, § I