2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 490 - Credit Unions › Act 215 of 2003 - Credit Union Act (490.101 - 490.601) › Article 3 - Domestic Credit Union Organization and Structure (490.301...490.387) › 215-2003-3-3 - Part 3 Officer, Officials, and Directors (490.341...490.345) › Section 490.341 - Organizational Meeting; Annual Meeting; Membership; Committees; Qualifications; Notice of Meeting; Removal; Vacancy.

490.341 Organizational meeting; annual meeting; membership; committees; qualifications; notice of meeting; removal; vacancy.
Sec. 341.
(1) The organizers shall hold an organizational meeting of a domestic credit union organized under this act. The organizational meeting of the domestic credit union is the first annual meeting of the members required under section 351.
(2) Each board member of a domestic credit union shall be a member of the domestic credit union. The bylaws shall establish the number of board members, but a credit union board must consist of 5 or more individuals. A board member shall hold office for the term established in the bylaws and until a successor takes office.
(3) If the bylaws of a domestic credit union provide for a credit committee or a supervisory committee, that committee shall consist of 3 or more individuals and may have alternate committee members, as established in the bylaws, each of whom is a member of the domestic credit union. The bylaws shall provide whether the credit union board may appoint or the members may elect committee members and their terms of office and the duties of the committee. Except as provided in section 345, a current board member, officer, loan officer, credit committee member, or other employee of the domestic credit union shall not serve on the supervisory committee.
(4) If the bylaws of a domestic credit union do not provide for a credit committee or a supervisory committee, the credit union board shall perform the duties of the credit committee or the supervisory committee or delegate those duties as it considers advisable.
(5) A corporate credit union organized under this act shall have at least 1 member of the credit union board, the supervisory committee, if any, and the credit committee, if any, who is a resident of this state.
(6) A domestic credit union shall provide the director with a record of the names and addresses of the members of the credit union board and the members of the credit and supervisory committees, if any, within 30 days after their election.
(7) If the director considers it appropriate, the director may call a meeting of the credit union board, for any purpose, by giving a notice of the time, place, and purpose of the meeting at least 3 days before the meeting to the board members. The director shall deliver the notice to the board members' last known addresses as shown by the books of the domestic credit union.
(8) Each individual elected or appointed to serve as a board member, supervisory committee member, or credit committee member of a domestic credit union, or as a member of any other committee that performs significant ongoing functions relating to the ongoing operations of the domestic credit union, shall meet all of the following criteria:
(a) He or she is a member of the domestic credit union, in good standing according to reasonable criteria established by the credit union board.
(b) He or she is acceptable as a bonding risk by a bonding company licensed to do business in this state.
(c) He or she has not been removed as a board member, officer, committee member, or employee of a financial institution by a federal regulator, a state regulator other than the director, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) The director has not removed him or her as a board member, officer, committee member, or employee of a credit union, financial institution, or other legal entity pursuant to the director's enforcement powers under any law of this state.
(e) He or she has not been convicted within the preceding 20 years of a crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust.
(f) He or she is not habitually negligent in paying his or her financial obligations as determined by criteria reasonably established by the credit union board.
(g) He or she has not been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a violation, or found in violation by a court of competent jurisdiction or the director, of any law of this state enforced or administered by the director.
(9) If an individual no longer meets 1 or more of the requirements of subsection (8) while serving as a board member, supervisory committee member, or credit committee member of a domestic credit union, or as a member of any other committee that performs significant ongoing functions relating to the ongoing operations of the domestic credit union, he or she is immediately removed from that office without further action of the members or credit union board and the domestic credit union shall appoint or elect a replacement to fill the vacancy in the manner described in the bylaws.
History:
2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 471, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 153, Eff. Sept. 7, 2016