A credit union shall have all of the following powers:
(1) To receive the savings of its members either as payment on shares or as deposits, including the right to conduct Christmas clubs, vacation clubs and other thrift organizations within the membership.
(2) To accept deposits of fiduciary funds if a member is the beneficiary, trustee, or personal representative and if the funds are part of the estate of a deceased member.
(3) To make loans to members.
(4) To make loans to other credit unions.
(5) To make loans to a cooperative society or other organizations having membership in the credit union.
(6) To deposit in state and national banks, savings and loan associations, the accounts which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and of other credit unions.
(7) To invest in any investment legal for savings banks or for trust funds in the state.
(8) To borrow money from any source and to give its note therefor; provided, that the borrowing shall not at any time exceed 50 percent of its assets.
(9) To assess each member a recurring or nonrecurring membership fee.
(10) To exercise incidental powers as necessary to enable it to carry on effectively the purposes for which it is incorporated and other powers as are expressly authorized by the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration.
(11) In addition to any and all other powers heretofore granted to credit unions, any credit union shall have the power to engage in any activity in which the credit union could engage were the credit union operating as a federally chartered credit union, including but not by way of limitation because of enumeration, the power to do any act and own, possess, and carry as assets property of that character including stocks, bonds, or other debentures which, at the time, are authorized under federal laws or regulations for transactions by federal credit unions, notwithstanding any restrictions elsewhere contained in the statutes of the State of Alabama. No credit union can exercise any power which it claims only by virtue of the power being possessed by a federal credit union if the administrator issues a written order prohibiting a credit union from exercising that power.
(Acts 1927, No. 597, p. 696; Code 1940, T. 28, §285; Acts 1971, No. 2300, p. 3711; Acts 1975, No. 561, p. 1267, §4; Acts 1977, No. 210, p. 282, §4; Acts 1985, No. 85-457, p. 425, §7; Acts 1995, No. 95-315, p. 667, §1.)
A credit union shall have all of the following powers:
(1) To receive the savings of its members either as payment on shares or as deposits, including the right to conduct Christmas clubs, vacation clubs and other thrift organizations within the membership.
(2) To accept deposits of fiduciary funds if a member is the beneficiary, trustee, or personal representative and if the funds are part of the estate of a deceased member.
(3) To make loans to members.
(4) To make loans to other credit unions.
(5) To make loans to a cooperative society or other organizations having membership in the credit union.
(6) To deposit in state and national banks, savings and loan associations, the accounts which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and of other credit unions.
(7) To invest in any investment legal for savings banks or for trust funds in the state.
(8) To borrow money from any source and to give its note therefor; provided, that the borrowing shall not at any time exceed 50 percent of its assets.
(9) To assess each member a recurring or nonrecurring membership fee.
(10) To exercise incidental powers as necessary to enable it to carry on effectively the purposes for which it is incorporated and other powers as are expressly authorized by the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration.
(11) In addition to any and all other powers heretofore granted to credit unions, any credit union shall have the power to engage in any activity in which the credit union could engage were the credit union operating as a federally chartered credit union, including but not by way of limitation because of enumeration, the power to do any act and own, possess, and carry as assets property of that character including stocks, bonds, or other debentures which, at the time, are authorized under federal laws or regulations for transactions by federal credit unions, notwithstanding any restrictions elsewhere contained in the statutes of the State of Alabama. No credit union can exercise any power which it claims only by virtue of the power being possessed by a federal credit union if the administrator issues a written order prohibiting a credit union from exercising that power.
(Acts 1927, No. 597, p. 696; Code 1940, T. 28, §285; Acts 1971, No. 2300, p. 3711; Acts 1975, No. 561, p. 1267, §4; Acts 1977, No. 210, p. 282, §4; Acts 1985, No. 85-457, p. 425, §7; Acts 1995, No. 95-315, p. 667, §1.)
A credit union shall have all of the following powers:
(1) To receive the savings of its members either as payment on shares or as deposits, including the right to conduct Christmas clubs, vacation clubs and other thrift organizations within the membership.
(2) To accept deposits of fiduciary funds if a member is the beneficiary, trustee, or personal representative and if the funds are part of the estate of a deceased member.
(3) To make loans to members.
(4) To make loans to other credit unions.
(5) To make loans to a cooperative society or other organizations having membership in the credit union.
(6) To deposit in state and national banks, savings and loan associations, the accounts which are insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and of other credit unions.
(7) To invest in any investment legal for savings banks or for trust funds in the state.
(8) To borrow money from any source and to give its note therefor; provided, that the borrowing shall not at any time exceed 50 percent of its assets.
(9) To assess each member a recurring or nonrecurring membership fee.
(10) To exercise incidental powers as necessary to enable it to carry on effectively the purposes for which it is incorporated and other powers as are expressly authorized by the Administrator of the Alabama Credit Union Administration.
(11) In addition to any and all other powers heretofore granted to credit unions, any credit union shall have the power to engage in any activity in which the credit union could engage were the credit union operating as a federally chartered credit union, including but not by way of limitation because of enumeration, the power to do any act and own, possess, and carry as assets property of that character including stocks, bonds, or other debentures which, at the time, are authorized under federal laws or regulations for transactions by federal credit unions, notwithstanding any restrictions elsewhere contained in the statutes of the State of Alabama. No credit union can exercise any power which it claims only by virtue of the power being possessed by a federal credit union if the administrator issues a written order prohibiting a credit union from exercising that power.
(Acts 1927, No. 597, p. 696; Code 1940, T. 28, §285; Acts 1971, No. 2300, p. 3711; Acts 1975, No. 561, p. 1267, §4; Acts 1977, No. 210, p. 282, §4; Acts 1985, No. 85-457, p. 425, §7; Acts 1995, No. 95-315, p. 667, §1.)
