2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 487 - Financial Institutions › Act 354 of 1996 - Savings Bank Act (487.3101 - 487.3804) › 354-1996-5 - Chapter 5 Regulation (487.3501...487.3514) › Section 487.3508 - Pledge of Assets.

487.3508 Pledge of assets.
Sec. 508.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a savings bank or savings bank officer shall not give preference to a depositor or creditor by pledging the assets of the savings bank as collateral security or otherwise.
(2) A savings bank may pledge its assets in an amount not in excess of 10% of its total assets for the purpose of securing the following:
(a) Funds belonging to the United States or belonging to or being administered by an officer, instrumentality, or agent of the United States, funds of estates being administered by a federal court under a federal bankruptcy law, and other funds when required or permitted to do so under the laws of the United States or an order of a federal court.
(b) Surplus funds of the state held by the state treasurer.
(c) Funds of the Mackinac bridge authority, which is declared to be a political subdivision of this state, under 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 21, MCL 254.301 to 254.304.
(d) Funds of the international bridge authority, which is declared to be a political subdivision of this state, under 1954 PA 99, MCL 254.221 to 254.240.
(e) Funds on deposit under 1941 PA 205, MCL 252.51 to 252.64, providing for limited access highways.
(f) Funds on deposit to the credit of the Michigan employment security commission.
(g) Funds of the Michigan state housing development authority constituting proceeds of the sale of the authority's notes and bonds and repayments of those notes and bonds, under the state housing development authority act of 1966, 1966 PA 346, MCL 125.1401 to 125.1499c.
(h) Funds belonging to any political subdivision of this state.
(i) Funds belonging to any federally recognized Indian tribe.
(j) Funds representing the proceeds of a grant or loan from a department or agency of the United States, the award of which is conditioned upon the recipient depositing the proceeds in an account secured by a pledge of assets of the depository institution.
(3) The requirements, restrictions, and limitations imposed by this section shall not apply to the pledging of an obligation of the United States, direct or fully guaranteed, or both, for the purpose of securing a deposit of the United States when the deposit is established coincidentally with the purchase of an obligation of the United States by or through an institution.
(4) A savings bank may pledge its assets to secure liabilities of all of the following types:
(a) In the case of member banks, liabilities incurred under the federal reserve act, chapter 6, 38 Stat. 251. In the case of nonmember banks, liabilities incurred through borrowing under the same conditions as are imposed upon members of the federal reserve system by the federal reserve act, chapter 6, 38 Stat. 251.
(b) In the case of federal home loan bank members, liabilities incurred under the federal home loan bank act, chapter 522, 47 Stat. 725.
(c) Liabilities incurred under former section 202 of title II of the federal farm loan act.
(d) Liabilities incurred on account of a loan made with the express approval of the commissioner under section 433(c).
(e) Liabilities incurred on account of borrowings from 1 business day to the next under section 19 of the federal reserve act, chapter 6, 38 Stat. 251.
(f) Liabilities incurred on account of securities sold under a repurchase agreement.
History:
1996, Act 354, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1997, Act 50, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1997 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 482, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 2001