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of dividends and interest on accounts and synchronizes state law
with federal law in this area.

 
The bill removes an outdated reporting requirement for credit
unions and repeals an outdated provision for the transition of
credit unions into the state requirement for insurance of
accounts.

 
The bill adds a specific requirement that a credit union board
of directors establish a written loan policy and written
investment policy and modifies several outdated provisions
relating to the establishment of a supervisory committee or a
credit committee. It also repeals an outdated law that prohibits
a credit union director from acting as a surety or comaker on any
loan.

 
The bill clarifies the duties and responsibility of a credit
union supervisory committee or independent public accountant.
The bill also requires a credit union over $50,000,000 in assets
to employ an independent public accountant and provides the
superintendent with rule-making authority to further define the
duties of the supervisory committee or independent public
accountant.

 
The bill repeals outdated provisions in state law governing
powers and duties of credit committees or loan officers of a
credit union.

 
The bill amends outdated provisions for credit union members
to call a special meeting of the board of directors and brings it
into alignment with federal law in that area.

 
The bill clarifies the lending powers of a credit union,
repeals the outdated provisions relating to mortgage loan
application, inserts statutory provisions that require a credit
union to establish a written loan policy, and gives the
superintendent rule-making authority to further regulate lending
activities by credit unions.

 
The bill requires a credit union to have a written investment
policy and removes an outdated reference to the now defunct
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation found in credit
union law.

 
The bill repeals outdated language governing voluntary or
involuntary dissolution of a credit union and replaces it with
the more modern approach that is consistent with the process
followed by the National Credit Union Administration, the federal


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