Florida Credit Union Act
Florida · Credit Unions · §§ 657.001 to 657.066 · 28 sections
Overview
The act governs the chartering, regulation, and internal governance of credit unions — member-owned cooperative financial institutions organized under state law. It establishes how a credit union is formed, running from the application and articles of incorporation through investigation and approval by the state regulator, with an appeal to a supervisory commission, and it sets conditions for commencing business, amending governing documents, maintaining offices, and admitting credit unions chartered elsewhere. It further defines who may become a member and how members vote, prescribes the election, qualification, compensation, bonding, and indemnification of directors and officers along with conflict-of-interest limits, and imposes ongoing reporting, audit, capital, and reserve requirements.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 494 FAPPX 982 - Power Financial Credit Union v. National Credit Union Administration Board
Sections covered
- Fla. Stat. § 657.001Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 657.002Definitions1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 657.003Purposes
- Fla. Stat. § 657.005Application for authority to organize a credit union; investigation
- Fla. Stat. § 657.0061Amendments to bylaws
- Fla. Stat. § 657.008Place of doing business
- Fla. Stat. § 657.021Board of directors; executive committee responsibilities; oaths; reports to the office
- Fla. Stat. § 657.022Executive officers
- Fla. Stat. § 657.023Membership
- Fla. Stat. § 657.024Membership meetings
- Fla. Stat. § 657.026Supervisory or audit committee
- Fla. Stat. § 657.0265Liability of credit union directors, supervisory committee members, or audit committee members
- Fla. Stat. § 657.027Credit committee and credit manager
- Fla. Stat. § 657.028Activities of directors, officers, committee members, employees, and agents
- Fla. Stat. § 657.031Powers
- Fla. Stat. § 657.033Accounts
- Fla. Stat. § 657.0335Additional power to restrict withdrawals
- Fla. Stat. § 657.038Loan powers1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 657.039Loan powers; extension of credit to directors and certain others
- Fla. Stat. § 657.041Insurance; employee benefit plans
- Fla. Stat. § 657.042Investment powers and limitations
- Fla. Stat. § 657.043Reserves
- Fla. Stat. § 657.053Assessments; state credit unions
- Fla. Stat. § 657.062Conservatorship
- Fla. Stat. § 657.063Involuntary liquidation
- Fla. Stat. § 657.064Voluntary liquidation
- Fla. Stat. § 657.065Merger
- Fla. Stat. § 657.066Conversion from state credit union to federal credit union and conversely
Enacted in other states
Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas
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