205 ILCS 10/1

(205 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 2501)

Sec. 1. It is held to be in the public interest that competition prevail in the banking system, and that banking services be expanded, and to those ends that bank holding companies be permitted to operate within this State, but that the independence of unit banks be protected.

(Source: P.A. 82-21.)