(a) The membership of a mutual savings bank shall consist solely of every depositor or holder of a deposit account issued by the savings bank.
     (b) The members of a stock savings bank shall be only the owners of its capital stock. Jointly owned stock shall constitute one membership.

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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 205 ILCS 205/4001

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     (c) Any savings bank that had legal existence under another statute prior to the date of this Act and which, if it was a mutual, included borrowers as members or, if its ownership was evidenced by stock, included borrowers and depositors as members, or as non-voting members, may retain that membership structure by resolution of its board of directors to be included in its application for a savings bank charter under this Act. Otherwise, borrowers may not be members of a savings bank operating under this Act, and only mutual savings banks may include depositors as members.
     (d) Joint ownership of an account constitutes one membership.