(1) The participation by a credit union in any government program providing unemployment social security, old age pension or other benefits shall not be deemed a waiver of the taxation exemption hereby granted.
(2) A credit union shall be deemed an institution for savings, and shall not be subject to taxation except as to real estate owned. The shares of credit unions shall not be subject to any stock transfer tax, either when issued or when transferred from one (1) member to another.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.6-115

  • Credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit association, incorporated under this subtitle, for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, creating a source of credit at a fair and reasonable rate of interest, and providing an opportunity for its members to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social condition. See Kentucky Statutes 286.6-005
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

Effective: July 13, 1984
History: Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 408, sec. 12, effective July 13, 1984.
Formerly codified as KRS § 290.115.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286.