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<subtitle article="gfi" title_number="6" subtitle_number="1" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_name="Definitions">
  <section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-101" future_version_removed="true" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions">
    <level label="a">
      <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="b">
      <text>“Board” means the board of directors of a credit union.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>“Branch” means a credit union office at which shares or deposits are received, share drafts or checks are paid, or money is lent.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>“Branch” includes a mobile branch or other special–purpose facility that performs a function of a branch.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>“Branch” does not include an automated teller machine as defined in § 1–401(d) of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <text>“Credit union” means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution organized under this title to conduct business in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>“Credit union service organization” means an entity formed to engage in activities that:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Are incidental to the conduct of the business of a credit union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Advance or facilitate the purposes of a credit union; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Primarily serve a credit union and its members.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <level label="1">
        <text>“Credit union share guaranty corporation” means a corporation engaged in the business of guaranteeing or insuring payment of a credit union share or deposit account.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>“Credit union share guaranty corporation” includes the Credit Union Insurance Corporation established under Title 7 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>“Deposit account” means a balance held by a credit union on which a contractual rate of interest may be paid as a debt owed by the credit union to the depositor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="h">
      <text>“Fixed assets” includes land, buildings, leasehold improvements, furniture, fixtures, and equipment used in the conduct of the regular business of a credit union.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="i">
      <text>“Member in good standing” means a member who:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>Owns at least one share in a credit union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>Is current on all credit obligations to the credit union; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Has not caused the credit union a credit or deposit loss that is currently outstanding.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="j">
      <text>“Officer” means any officer that a Maryland corporation is required or permitted to have under § 2–412 of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="k">
      <text>“Official” means:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>A director;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A member of a credit committee; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>A member of a supervisory committee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="l">
      <text>“Out–of–state credit union” means:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>A federal credit union with its main office in a state other than this State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>A credit union chartered and primarily regulated by another state.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="m">
      <text>“Share” or “share account” means a balance held by a credit union on which a dividend may be paid and which confers membership and voting rights on the member.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>