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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-606" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Loans">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 6–606.1 of this subtitle, a credit union may make a loan to a member that is secured by real or leasehold property in accordance with written real estate lending policies established by the board as provided in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A loan under this section shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Secured by a deed of trust or mortgage on real or leasehold property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Amortized over a period of 30 years or less.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner may review the lending policies of the credit union and order changes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to an extension of credit or loan made by a credit union on or after October 1, 1994.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A loan under this section that is secured by a first mortgage may be made at any rate of interest that does not exceed the rate authorized by Title 12, Subtitle 1 of the Commercial Law Article for mortgage loans.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A loan under this section that is secured by a second mortgage may be made at any rate of interest that does not exceed the rate authorized by Title 12, Subtitle 4 of the Commercial Law Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
