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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-602" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Loans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the bylaws so provide, a credit union may have a credit committee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The board shall appoint the members of the credit committee.</text>
  </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 credit committee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The credit 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 credit 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 credit committee may be a director.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The treasurer of the credit union may not be a member of the credit committee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least one member of the credit committee shall have a minimum of 3 years experience in lending, credit, or general business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member of the credit committee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Shall be a member of the credit union for the period of time required under the bylaws;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall be bonded;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>May not have defaulted on the payment of any monetary obligation to the credit union;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>May not have been convicted of any criminal offense involving dishonesty or breach of trust;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>May not have habitually neglected to pay any debts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>May not have been insolvent or bankrupt within 5 years of becoming a member and may not become insolvent or bankrupt while serving as a member; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <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="f">
    <text>A member of the credit committee serves for 1 year and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The credit committee shall fill any vacancy on the committee by appointing an individual to serve until the next regular meeting of the board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The members of the credit committee shall elect the chairman of the credit committee at the beginning of each term and at any other time that a vacancy may occur in the position of the chairman.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The board shall remove any member of the credit committee who fails:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>To attend three consecutive regular meetings of the credit committee without good cause; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To perform any of the duties of the office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>Each member of the credit committee shall take an oath to perform faithfully the duties of the office.</text>
  </level>
</section>
