Community Bankers May Seek Full Interstate Banking Repeal / Harris `Shocked, Appalled'

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A proposal to repeal the 1987 full interstate banking provision in Oklahoma's new interstate banking law will be consid ered by the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma at a meeting next month, said executive manager James P. McKeown.

And Robert E. Harris, executive vice president of the Oklahoma Bankers Association, said he was "shocked and appalled" by McKeown's statement.

"It was the Community Bankers Association who, during the arguments on interstate, wanted an immediate implementation date," Harris said. "The large banks were arguing for 1989 or later, with exception of First Oklahoma (Bancorporation Inc.) who wanted an earlier date."

McKeown said: …