This chapter specifically authorizes, in accordance with section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 [12 U.S.C. 1842], and section 101 of the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 [Pub. L. 103-328; 108 Stat. 2338; 12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.], interstate banking in this state. However, to the extent a state imposes a restriction on the ability of a North Dakota bank holding company to acquire a bank in that state and the restriction is based on the length of time either bank has existed, that restriction must apply to any acquisition of a North Dakota bank by a bank holding company located in that state but does not apply to any bank established in this state on July 31, 1997.
N.D.C.C. § 6-08.3-13