(a) An association may pay interest on its deposit accounts from sources available for payment of interest at the rate or rates and at the times and for the time that is determined by resolution of its board of directors. Interest shall be declared on the withdrawal value of each account at the beginning of the accounting period, plus additions to the account made during the period, less amounts previously withdrawn and noticed for withdrawal, which for interest purposes shall be deducted from the latest previous additions to the account, computed at the declared rate for the time the funds have been invested, determined as next provided. The date of investment shall be the date of actual receipt by the association of an account or an addition to an account, except that if the board of directors shall so determine, accounts in one (1) or more classifications or additions thereto received by the association on or before a date not later than the fifteenth day of the month, unless the day determined is not a business day, shall receive interest as if invested on the first day of the month in which the payments were received, and the board also may determine that payments received subsequent to the determination date shall either:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 45-3-518

  • Association: means a capital stock or mutual savings and loan association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of financial institutions. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Deposit: means a deposit of money, bonds or other things of value, creating a debtor-creditor relationship. See Tennessee Code 45-1-103
  • deposit account: means that part of the deposit liability of an association that is credited to the account of the holder. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Interest: means that part of the net income, retained earnings, or surplus of an association that is payable to or credited to holders of deposit accounts. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Withdrawal value: means the amount paid to an association on a deposit account, plus interest credited thereto, less lawful deductions therefrom, as shown by the books of the association. See Tennessee Code 45-3-104
(1) Receive interest as if invested on the first day of the next succeeding month; or
(2) Receive interest from the date of actual receipt by the association.
(b) Notwithstanding this section, the board of directors, by resolution, may determine that interest shall not be paid on any account that has a withdrawal value of a specified amount less than ten dollars ($10.00).
(c) The directors shall determine by resolution the method of calculating the amount of any interest on accounts as herein provided, and the time or times when interest is to be declared, paid or credited.
(d) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this section, the commissioner is empowered to promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the payment of interest on deposit accounts, including, but not limited to, rules and regulations concerning the types of deposit accounts that may be offered by associations to depositors and the maximum rates of interest that shall be paid to depositors on each type of deposit account.
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