Registration No. 333-_____
                                                         Filed December 30, 1998

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                       Community Savings Bankshares, Inc.
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    (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Articles of Incorporation)

          United States                                     65-0870004
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    (State of incorporation)                   (IRS Employer Identification No.)


                              660 U.S. Highway One
                         North Palm Beach, Florida 33408
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          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

                       1995 Stock Option Plan, as amended
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                            (Full Title of the Plan)



                                   COPIES TO:

                                            
James B.  Pittard, Jr.                          Philip R. Bevan, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer           Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick L.L.P.
Community Savings Bankshares, Inc.              734 15th Street, N.W.
660 U.S. Highway One                            Washington, D.C.  20005
North Palm Beach, Florida  33408                (202) 347-0300
(561) 881-2212                                  
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(Name, address and telephone number of
agent for service)






                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


          Title of                                  Proposed            Proposed
         Securities                                 Maximum             Maximum           Amount of
           to be            Amount to be         Offering Price         Aggregate       Registration
         Registered         Registered(1)          Per Share          Offering Price        Fee
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  Common Stock, par
    value $1.00               419,756             $ 5.58(3)           $2,343,077.99(3)    $651.38

  Common Stock, par
    value $1.00                36,016             $10.68(4)           $  384,650.88(4)    $106.93
                            ---------                                 -------------       -------
  Total                       455,772(2)                              $2,727,728.87       $758.31
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(1)      Represents  shares  of the  common  stock,  $1.00  par  value per share
         ("Common Stock"), of Community Savings Bankshares,  Inc. (the "Company"
         or  "Registrant"),  reserved  for  issuance  pursuant to the1995  Stock
         Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan").

(2)      Represents shares currently reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plan.

(3)      Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration  fee,
         which has been calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the
         Securities  Act of 1933, as amended  ("Securities  Act").  The Proposed
         Maximum  Offering  Price  Per  Share is equal to the  weighted  average
         exercise  price for options to purchase  419,756 shares of Common Stock
         which have been  granted  under the Plan as of the date  hereof but not
         yet exercised.

(4)      Estimated  solely for the purposes of calculating the  registration fee
         in accordance  with Rule 457(c)  promulgated  under the Securities Act.
         The Proposed  Maximum  Offering  Price Per Share for 36,016  shares for
         which stock  options have not been  granted  under the Plan is equal to
         the  average of the high and low sale price of the Common  Stock of the
         Company on December 28, 1998 on the Nasdaq National Market.

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        This Registration  Statement shall become effective  automatically  upon
the date of filing in accordance  with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act and 17
C.F.R. ss. 230.462.

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                                     PART I*

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.*

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*       Information  required  by Part I to be  contained  in the Section  10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the  Registration  Statement in accordance  with Rule
428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

        The following  documents  filed or to be filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission")  are  incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement:

                (a) The  Company's  prospectus  ("Prospectus")  included  in its
         Registration Statement on Form S-1 (file No. 333-62067).

                (b) The  Quarterly  Report  on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
         September  30, 1998 of Community  Savings  Bankshares,  Inc., a federal
         corporation and predecessor to the Company.

                (c) The  description  of the  Common  Stock  of the  Company  as
         contained in Item 1,  "Description  of  Registrant's  Securities  to be
         Registered"  in the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A as
         filed on November 20, 1998.

                (d) All  documents  filed by the  Company  pursuant  to Sections
         13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and
         prior to the filing of a post-effective  amendment which indicates that
         all  securities  offered  have  been  sold  or  which  deregisters  all
         securities then remaining unsold.

        Any statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein,  shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the
extent that a statement  contained  herein, or in any other  subsequently  filed
document  which also is or is deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  herein,
modifies  or  supersedes  such  statement.  Any such  statement  so  modified or
superseded  shall  not be  deemed,  except  as so  modified  or  superseded,  to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

        Not applicable  since the Company's  Common Stock was  registered  under
Section 12 of the  Exchange Act upon the filing of a  Registration  Statement on
Form 8-A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 1988.

ITEM. 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

        Not applicable.

ITEM. 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

        Section  145  of  the  Delaware  General   Corporation  Law  sets  forth
circumstances  under  which  directors,  officers,  employees  and agents may be
insured or indemnified  against liability which they may incur in their capacity
as such. The Certificate of Incorporation  and the Bylaws of the Company provide
that the  directors,  officers,  employees  and agents of the  Company  shall be
indemnified to the full extent  permitted by law. Such indemnity shall extend to
expenses,  including attorney's fees,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in the
settlement, prosecution or defense of the foregoing actions.

        Article 10 of the Registrant's  Certificate of Incorporation provides as
follows:

        ARTICLE  10.  INDEMNIFICATION.   The  Corporation  shall  indemnify  its
directors, officers, employees, agents and former directors, officers, employees
and agents, and any other persons serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director,  officer,  employee  or agent  of  another  corporation,  association,
partnership,   joint  venture,  trust  or  other  enterprise,  against  expenses
(including  attorneys'  fees,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement)
incurred  in  connection  with  any  pending  or  threatened  action,   suit  or
proceeding,  whether civil,  criminal,  administrative  or  investigative,  with
respect to which such director,  officer,  employee,  agent or other person is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party, to the full extent  permitted by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,  provided,  however,  that the
Corporation  shall not be liable for any amounts  which may be due to any person
in  connection  with a settlement  of any action,  suit or  proceeding  effected
without its prior written consent or any action, suit or proceeding initiated by
any person seeking indemnification  hereunder without its prior written consent.
The  indemnification  provided  herein (i) shall not be deemed  exclusive of any
other right to which any person  seeking  indemnification  may be entitled under
any bylaw,  agreement  or vote of  stockholders  or  disinterested  directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in
any other capacity,  and (ii) shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of any such person. The Corporation shall have the power, but
shall not be  obligated,  to purchase  and  maintain  insurance on behalf of any
person or persons  enumerated  above against any liability  asserted  against or
incurred  by  them or any of them  arising  out of  their  status  as  corporate
directors,  officers,  employees, or agents whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify them against such liability  under the provisions of
this Article 10.

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        Article VI of the Company's Bylaws provides as follows:

        6.1  INDEMNIFICATION.  The Corporation shall provide  indemnification to
its  directors,  officers,  employees,  agents and former  directors,  officers,
employees  and  agents  and to  others  in  accordance  with  the  Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation.

        6.2 ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES.  Reasonable expenses (including  attorneys'
fees)  incurred  by a  director,  officer  or  employee  of the  Corporation  in
defending any civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding described in Section 6.1 may be paid by the Corporation in advance of
the final  disposition  of such action,  suit or proceeding as authorized by the
Board of Directors  only upon receipt of an  undertaking by or on behalf of such
person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the person
is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

        6.3 OTHER RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.  The  indemnification  and advancement of
expenses  provided  by, or granted  pursuant  to,  this  Article VI shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking  indemnification  or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under the  Corporation's  Certificate of
Incorporation, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise,  both as to actions in their  official  capacity and as to actions in
another  capacity  while holding such office,  and shall continue as to a person
who has ceased to be a  director,  officer or  employee  and shall  inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.

        6.4 INSURANCE.  Upon  resolution  passed by the Board of Directors,  the
Corporation  may purchase and maintain  insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer of employee of the Corporation,  or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director,  officer or employee of another
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any
liability  asserted  against  him or  incurred  by him in any such  capacity  or
arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the
power to  indemnify  him against  such  liability  under the  provisions  of its
Certificate of Incorporation or this Article VI.

        6.5  MODIFICATION.  The duties of the  Corporation  to indemnify  and to
advance expenses to a director,  officer or employee provided in this Article VI
shall be in the  nature of a  contract  between  the  Corporation  and each such
person,  and no  amendment  or repeal of any  provision of this Article VI shall
alter, to the detriment of such person,  the right of such person to the advance
of expenses or indemnification  related to a claim based on an act or failure to
act which took place prior to such amendment or repeal.

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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

        Not  applicable  since no  restricted  securities  will be  reoffered or
resold pursuant to this Registration Statement.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS


        The following  exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration  Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table
in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

         No.           Exhibit

         4             Common Stock Certificate*

         5             Opinion of Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick L.L.P.
                       as to the legality of the securities

         10.1          1995 Stock Option Plan*

         13.1          Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Community Savings
                       Bankshares, Inc. for the quarter ended 
                       September 30, 1998.

         23.1          Consent of Elias, Matz, Tiernan & Herrick L.L.P.
                       (contained in the opinion included as Exhibit 5)

         23.2          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

         24            Power of attorney for any subsequent amendments
                       (located in the signature pages of this Registration
                       Statement).

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         *  Incorporated by reference from the Company's  Registration Statement
on Form S-1 (File No. 333-62067) filed with the Commission on August 21, 1998.

ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         1.       To file,  during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective  amendment to this Registration  Statement (i) to include
any prospectus  required by Section 

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10(a)(3) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the  Registration  Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in
the aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the  information set forth in
the Registration  Statement,  and (iii) to include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement  or any  material  change  in  such  information  in the  Registration
Statement;  provided,  however,  that  clauses  (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
clauses is contained in periodic  reports  filed by the  Registrant  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement.

         2.       That, for the purpose of determining  any liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         3.       To  remove  from  registration  by means  of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

         4.       That, for the purposes of determining  any liability under the
Securities  Act,  each  filing of the  Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to
Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

         5.       Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities  arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant  to the  foregoing  provisions  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has  been  advised  that  in  the  opinion  of the  Commission  such
indemnification  is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event  that a claim for  indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in North Palm Beach, Florida, on this 30th day of December 1998.

                       Community Savings Bankshares, Inc.


                       By:  /s/ James B. Pittard, Jr.
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                                James B. Pittard, Jr.
                                President and Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated. Each person whose signature appears below
hereby makes, constitutes and appoints James B. Pittard, Jr. his or her true and
lawful  attorney,  with full power to sign for such person and in such  person's
name and capacity  indicated  below, and with full power of substitution any and
all amendments to this Registration  Statement,  hereby ratifying and confirming
such  person's  signature  as it may be signed by said  attorney  to any and all
amendments.


/s/ Forest C. Beaty, Jr.                                       December 30, 1998
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Forest C. Beaty, Jr.
Director


/s/ Robert F. Cromwell                                         December 30, 1998
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Robert F. Cromwell
Director

/s/ Karl D. Griffin                                            December 30, 1998
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Karl D. Griffin
Director


/s/ James B. Pittard, Jr.                                      December 30, 1998
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James B. Pittard, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director


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/s/ Harold I. Stevenson                                        December 30, 1998
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Harold I. Stevenson
Director


/s/ Frederick A. Teed                                          December 30, 1998
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Frederick A. Teed
Director


/s/ Larry J. Baker                                             December 30, 1998
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Larry J. Baker
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


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