Missouri Laws 370.075 – Investment of credit union funds
1. A credit union by action of its board of directors or the executive committee of the board of directors or an investment committee of the credit union, if the power has been delegated to either committee, may invest its funds in any of the following designated securities:
(1) Obligations of the United States of America or securities fully guaranteed as to principal and interest thereby;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 370.075
- 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.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- United States: includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) Bonds of the state of Missouri or bonds of any other state in the union provided that the state has not, within ten years previous to the making of the investments by the credit union, defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest thereon;
(3) Bonds of any town, city, county or school district of this state that has not, within ten years previous to the making of the investment by the credit union, defaulted in the payment of any part of either principal or interest thereof provided the town, city, county or school district has been in existence for a period of at least ten years;
(4) Saving share accounts of federal and state chartered savings and loan associations holding certificates of insurance from the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation;
(5) Shares of other credit unions or credit union associations incorporated under the laws of this state, or of the United States, including shares of a credit union financial agency organized under the laws of this state or of the United States;
(6) Capital stocks of corporations solely and exclusively established to assist credit union operation in bookkeeping and accounting, consumer counseling for members and the insuring of member accounts;
(7) Such other securities and in such amounts as may be approved from time to time by the director of the division of credit unions. Any securities purchased while so approved may be retained if the approval is later withdrawn.
2. No investment in any single type of securities specified in this section, except funds in central credit unions and those securities specified in subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section, shall exceed twenty-five percent of the capital, surplus, and reserve fund of the credit union making the investment, nor shall any credit union invest more than five percent of its capital, surplus, and reserve funds in capital stocks specified in subdivision (6) of subsection 1 of this section.