Each member of the corporation shall make loans to the corporation as and when called upon by it to do so on the terms and other conditions as shall be approved from time to time by the board of directors, subject to the following conditions:

(1) All loan limits shall be established at the one thousand dollars ($1,000) amount nearest to the amount computed in accordance with the provisions of this section.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-20-7.11

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • preceding: means next before. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) No loan to the corporation shall be made if immediately thereafter the total amount of the obligations of the corporation would exceed 50 times the amount then paid in on the outstanding capital stock of the corporation.
(3) The total amount outstanding on loans to the corporation made by any member at any one time, when added to the amount of the investment in the capital stock of the corporation then held by the member, shall not exceed:

a. Twenty percent of the total amount then outstanding on loans to the corporation by all members, including in the total amount outstanding amounts validly called for loan but not yet loaned.
b. The following limit, to be determined as of the time the member becomes a member on the basis of the audited balance sheet of the member at the close of its fiscal year immediately preceding its application for membership or, in the case of an insurance company, its last annual statement to the State Insurance Commissioner:

1. Two and one-half percent of the capital and surplus of commercial banks and trust companies;
2. One half of one percent of the total outstanding loans made by savings and loan associations, and building and loan associations;
3. Two and one-half percent of the capital and unassigned surplus of stock insurance companies, except fire insurance companies;
4. Two and one-half percent of the unassigned surplus of mutual insurance companies, except fire insurance companies;
5. One tenth of one percent of the assets of fire insurance companies; and
6. The limits as may be approved by the board of directors of the corporation for other financial institutions.
(4) Subject to subdivision (3)a., each call made by the corporation shall be prorated among the members of the corporation in substantially the same proportion that the adjusted loan limit of each member bears to the aggregate of the adjusted loan limits of all members. The adjusted loan limit of a member shall be the amount of the member’s loan limit, reduced by the balance of outstanding loans made by the member to the corporation and the investment in capital stock of the corporation held by the member at the time of the call.
(5) All loans to the corporation by members shall be evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, which shall be freely transferable at all times and which shall bear interest at a rate of not less than one quarter of one percent in excess of the rate of interest determined by the board of directors to be the prime rate prevailing at the date of issuance thereof on unsecured commercial loans.
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