(a) The funds of a Connecticut credit union shall be deposited in the name of the credit union only in such depository or depositories as designated by the governing board, in accordance with section 36a-459a, and no withdrawal of such funds shall be made unless the check or order withdrawing such funds is signed by a director or member of senior management designated by the governing board.

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Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 36a-442a

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Commissioner: means the Banking Commissioner and, with respect to any function of the commissioner, includes any person authorized or designated by the commissioner to carry out that function. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Company: means any corporation, joint stock company, trust, association, partnership, limited partnership, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or similar organization, but does not include (A) any corporation the majority of the shares of which are owned by the United States or by any state, or (B) any trust which by its terms shall terminate within twenty-five years or not later than twenty-one years and ten months after the death of beneficiaries living on the effective date of the trust. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Connecticut credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors elected by and from its membership. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Director: means a member of the governing board of a financial institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • Governing board: means the group of persons vested with the management of the affairs of a financial institution irrespective of the name by which such group is designated. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the trust territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. See Connecticut General Statutes 36a-2

(b) Every director, supervisory committee member, credit committee member if applicable, and every employee of a Connecticut credit union who has charge or possession of the funds, securities or other assets of the Connecticut credit union, shall be bonded by a surety company authorized to do business in this state to the same extent as such bonding is required by 12 C.F.R. part 713, as from time to time amended. Such bond shall be in favor of the Connecticut credit union. A copy of each such bond and any renewal thereof shall be promptly filed by the Connecticut credit union with the commissioner.