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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-401" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Examinations and Reports">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each credit union shall have a supervisory committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The board shall appoint the members of the supervisory committee at:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The first meeting of the board following the annual meeting of the members; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any time there is a vacancy.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, the board shall determine the number of members on the supervisory committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The supervisory committee shall have at least three and not more than seven members.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member of the supervisory committee shall be appointed from among the members of the credit union.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Not more than one member of the supervisory committee may be a director.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An officer of the credit union, a member of the credit committee, or an employee of the credit union may not be a member of the supervisory committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At least one member of the supervisory committee shall have experience in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Accounting;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Auditing; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>General business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Each member of the supervisory committee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be bonded;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>May not have been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>May not have habitually neglected to pay any debts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>May not become insolvent or bankrupt while serving on the supervisory committee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>May not have been removed by the Commissioner or any state or federal regulatory agency as an officer, official, or employee of a financial institution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The members of the supervisory committee shall elect the chairman of the supervisory committee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the beginning of each term of appointment to the committee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At any time there is a vacancy and the board is notified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A member of the supervisory committee serves for 1 year and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Each member of the supervisory committee shall take an oath to perform faithfully the duties of the office.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The board shall appropriate funds:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>For an audit conducted by an outside auditor; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If required, for an internal auditing function.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The supervisory committee has the sole authority to engage or terminate outside and internal auditors.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
