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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 490.432

  • Credit union: means a domestic or foreign credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Credit union board: means a board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of a credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Domestic credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit entity organized under this act for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, providing a variety of financial services to its members, 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 Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Principal place of business: means the place where a domestic credit union keeps its principal records. See Michigan Laws 490.103
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Senior management employee: means any individual who is designated as a senior policy-making employee of a credit union by the board of the credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.103
    (1) If the purchase meets the conditions of a written policy of the credit union board, a domestic credit union may purchase 1 or more of the following obligations:
    (a) An obligation of a member that satisfies this act, the bylaws, and the lending policies established by the credit union board, other than any annual percentage interest rate requirement.
    (b) An obligation of a member if before the domestic credit union agrees to purchase the obligation the member agrees in writing to refinance the obligation within 60 days after the purchase in a manner that will result in the obligation meeting subdivision (a).
    (2) A domestic credit union may purchase an obligation of a member under this section if the credit union board approves the purchase of the obligation or a class of obligations that includes the obligation, there is a written agreement for the purchase, and the domestic credit union retains the written agreement and a schedule of the obligations covered by the agreement at its principal place of business.
    (3) If a domestic credit union agrees to purchase a partial interest in an obligation of a member, the agreement shall disclose the responsibilities of each party if the obligation is subject to collection, loss, or foreclosure and shall provide that in the event of a loss each owner shares in the loss in proportion to the owner’s interest in the obligation.
    (4) A domestic credit union may purchase an obligation of a member at a discount or premium if the discount or premium is amortized monthly over the remaining term of the obligation.
    (5) A domestic credit union may sell all or part of an obligation of a member if all of the following are met:
    (a) The sale meets the conditions of the sale policy adopted by the credit union board.
    (b) The credit union board approves the sale or the sale is approved by senior management employees to whom the credit union board has, in a written board policy, delegated the authority to approve sales described in this subsection.
    (c) There is a written agreement for the sale, and the domestic credit union retains the written agreement and a schedule of the obligations covered by the agreement at its principal place of business.
    (6) An agreement to sell a partial interest in an obligation of a member shall not include a recourse or repurchase provision other than 1 or more of the following:
    (a) A provision that requires the seller to repurchase the obligation because of a breach of warranty or misrepresentation.
    (b) A provision that allows the domestic credit union to repurchase the obligation at its discretion.
    (c) A provision that allows substitution of 1 loan for another loan.
    (7) A domestic credit union may pledge all or any part of an obligation of a member if either of the following is met:
    (a) The pledge meets the conditions of the pledge policy adopted by the credit union board and the credit union board approves the pledge.
    (b) The pledge meets the conditions of the pledge policy adopted by the credit union board and the pledge is approved by senior management employees to whom the credit union board has, in a written board policy, delegated the authority to approve pledges described in this subdivision. If 1 or more pledges are approved by a senior management employee under this subdivision, he or she shall provide a summary of the pledges to the credit union board at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the credit union board.
    (8) An agreement to pledge an obligation of a member shall identify the obligations covered by the agreement and set forth the responsibilities of each party if an obligation covered by the agreement is subject to collection, loss, foreclosure, or default.
    (9) This section does not permit a domestic credit union to pledge an obligation of a member unless authorized in section 401(2).
    (10) For a fee, a domestic credit union may agree to service all or part of an obligation it purchases or sells.
    (11) A member shall not directly or indirectly give and a senior management employee shall not directly or indirectly receive a fee, compensation, commission, gift, or other consideration as an inducement to purchase, sell, or pledge an obligation of a member.