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...(A) A credit union shall keep a permanent record including: (1) The original articles and regulations and amendments thereto and any amended articles or regulations and amendments thereto, all bearing the approval of the superintendent of credit unions, and the articles shall bear the certification of the secretary of state; (2) The minutes of the incorporators, members, and board of directors. (B) A credit...

...ter the date of closing; (h) Signature cards relating to closed demand, savings, or time accounts, closed safe deposit accounts, and closed safekeeping accounts, after the date of closing; (i) Undelivered statements for demand deposit, negotiable order of withdrawal, savings, agency, brokerage, or other accounts for which customer statements are prepared, and canceled checks or other items, after the date of s...

...(A) A credit union may, for any business purpose, retain a document, paper, or other instrument or record by use of a process to record, copy, photograph, or store a representation of the original document, paper, or other instrument or record, if all of the following apply: (1) The process correctly and accurately copies or reproduces, or provides a means for correctly and accurately copying or reproducing, ...

...(A) A credit union may make any investment of any funds not required for the purpose of loans, in state or national banks or state or federally chartered savings and loan associations, savings banks, or credit unions, doing business in this state; in accounts, deposits, or shares of federally insured savings and loan associations or savings banks or insured credit unions, doing business outside this state; in deposit...

...y rule adopted by the superintendent of credit unions. Each credit union shall establish and maintain reserves as required by Chapter 1733. of the Revised Code, or by rules adopted by the superintendent, including the following: (A) Valuation allowances for delinquent loans, investments, other risk assets, and contingencies, which shall be established and maintained pursuant to rules adopted adopted by the superint...

...ons shall see that the laws relating to credit unions are executed and enforced. (2) The deputy superintendent for credit unions shall be the principal supervisor of credit unions. In that position, the deputy superintendent for credit unions shall, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of this section, be responsible for conducting examinations and preparing examination reports under that division. In addition, the deput...

...sit them into the state treasury to the credit of the credit unions fund, which is hereby established, and may be expended or obligated by the superintendent for the defrayment of the costs of regulation of credit unions. All actual and necessary expenses incurred by the superintendent, including any services rendered by the department of commerce for the benefit of credit unions, shall be paid from the fund. The fun...

...The superintendent of credit unions may request any outside auditor retained by a credit union that has been examined under section 1733.32 of the Revised Code to review, evaluate, and comment to the superintendent upon the results of the examination or re-examination conducted under that section, and in such an instance the credit union shall sign a waiver of confidentiality with regard to the outside auditor. The p...

...(A) The superintendent of credit unions may issue administrative guidelines which interpret the requirements of this chapter or which define specific acts, practices, or circumstances that are considered by the superintendent to be unsafe or unsound practices or that constitute a violation of any section of this chapter or any rule adopted thereunder. (B) The superintendent shall, at a minimum, issue guidelines purs...

...in the opinion of the superintendent of credit unions, a credit union or a regulated individual is engaged in any unsafe or unsound practice in conducting the business of the credit union, has knowingly participated in or consented to a violation of this chapter or rules adopted thereunder, or has failed to comply with a supervisory agreement, he may serve upon such credit union or regulated individual notice that he...

... If, at any time, the superintendent of credit unions has cause to believe that the actions or business practices of a credit union, its officers, or directors may cause harm to the credit union, its members or creditors, the superintendent may set a supervisory conference. The superintendent shall inform each director of the credit union of the date, time, and place of the supervisory conference. The directors of th...

...If a credit union or regulated individual fails to comply with any agreement concluded, or final or summary cease-and-desist order issued, under section 1733.324 or 1733.325 of the Revised Code, the superintendent may order the credit union or regulated individual to forfeit and pay a civil penalty in an amount fixed by the superintendent. The amount of the penalty shall be not more than ten thousand dollars for each...

...nancial institutions, the governor, the credit union or regulated individual who is party to the conference or proceedings, witnesses in the conference or proceedings, and other persons specifically designated by the superintendent or director. In designating specific persons who may be present or acquire knowledge of matters made confidential by this division, the superintendent and director shall not exclude attorn...

...s shall not conduct an examination of a credit union more frequently than once every twenty-four-month cycle, if the credit union meets both of the following conditions: (1) It has assets of ten billion dollars or less. (2) Under the uniform financial institutions rating system, it maintains a composite rating of one. (B) The superintendent may conduct more frequent examinations if either of the following appl...

... division of financial institutions the credit union council, which shall consist of seven members. The deputy superintendent for credit unions shall be a member of the council and its chairperson. The governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the remaining six members. (B)(1) At least five of the six members appointed to the council shall have had credit union experience. (2) At least fo...

...(A) The credit union council shall do all of the following: (1) Consult with, advise, and make recommendations to the superintendent of financial institutions and the deputy superintendent for credit unions on matters relating to the business for credit unions, including field of membership, regulation, examination, safety and soundness, and applications of credit unions under this chapter; (2) Consider and make re...

...state where the principal office of the credit union is located; (3) An amendment changing the authorized number of shares; the express terms, if any, of the shares; and if the shares are classified, as permitted in section 1733.24 of the Revised Code, the designation of each class, their express terms, and par value, of any, per share. (C) In the event amendments to the articles or regulations or amended articles ...

...(A) Any credit union may, with the approval of the superintendent of credit unions, merge with any other credit union under the existing charter of the other credit union, pursuant to any plan approved by the board of directors of each credit union joining in the merger, and approved by a majority of the members of each credit union represented at a meeting of members in person, by ballot, or by proxy, duly c...

...Any credit union operating under this chapter may convert to a federally chartered credit union and any federally chartered credit union operating in this state may convert to a credit union organized under this chapter upon compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Any production credit association organized under the "Farm Credit Act of 1971," 85 Stat. 583, 12 U.S.C.A. 2091 to 2097...

...ire membership may vote to dissolve the credit union at a regular or special meeting called for that expressly stated purpose. Any member, within twenty days of the date of the mailing of notice of such meeting, may vote on the question of dissolution by signing a statement in form approved by the superintendent of credit unions, and such vote shall have the same force and effect as any other vote. The credit union s...

...(A)(1) The superintendent of credit unions may issue an order appointing a conservator for any credit union whenever he considers it necessary in order to conserve the assets of such credit union for members, depositors, and creditors. The superintendent shall appoint a conservator for any credit union whose status as an insured institution has been terminated. (2) Within thirty days after the date of the order of a...

...(A) If it appears that any credit union is bankrupt or insolvent, that its shares are impaired, that it has violated this chapter or rules adopted by the superintendent of credit unions, or that it is operating in an unsafe or unsound manner, or if the credit union is experiencing a declining trend in its financial condition and a majority of its board of directors, by resolution, requests the issuance of an order un...

...A credit union organized and duly qualified as a credit union in another state or territory may qualify to do business as a credit union in this state provided: (A) Such credit union is organized under credit union law substantially similar to sections 1733.01 to 1733.45 of the Revised Code; (B) The interest rate of such credit union on loans made to members in this state does not exceed the maximum interest rate p...

...No credit union which is not organized under sections 1733.01 to 1733.45 of the Revised Code, or the "Federal Credit Union Act," 84 Stat. 994 (1970), 12 U.S.C. 1751, as amended, shall transact any business in this state until: (A) It submits to the superintendent of credit unions an application for qualification in such form as shall be prescribed by the superintendent. Such application shall be accompanied by a cop...

...Each credit union qualified to do business in this state pursuant to section 1733.38 of the Revised Code shall: (A) Annually file with the superintendent of credit unions a financial report which shall be the same as the report required of credit unions domiciled in this state under section 1733.32 of the Revised Code. Such report shall be accompanied by the same fee required to be paid by domestic credit unions, an...