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<section article="gfi" article_name="Financial Institutions" number="6-703" title_number="6" title_name="Credit Unions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “risk assets” means a credit union’s total loans outstanding to its members.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each credit union shall have a reserve fund to meet losses on loans and to meet other contingencies that the Commissioner specifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The reserve fund may be distributed to the members of the credit union only on dissolution of the credit union.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>After paying organization expenses, each credit union shall credit to its reserve fund all entrance fees, transfer fees, and fines.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A credit union in operation for 4 years or more and having assets of $500,000 or more shall credit to the reserve fund, at the end of each accounting period:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>10 percent of its gross income until the reserve fund equals 4 percent of its risk assets; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Then, 5 percent of its gross income until the reserve fund equals 6 percent of its risk assets.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A credit union in operation for less than 4 years or having assets of less than $500,000 shall credit to the reserve fund, at the end of each accounting period:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>10 percent of its gross income until the reserve fund equals 7.5 percent of its risk assets; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Then, 5 percent of its gross income until the reserve fund equals 10 percent of its risk assets.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On recommendation of the board, the amount credited to the reserve fund may be increased.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>If the reserve fund falls below the amounts required by subsection (c)(2) or (3) of this section, it shall be restored by regular contributions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
