(1) Dividends shall be declared, credited, or paid on all stock daily, quarterly, semiannually, or annually, as the bylaws provide and the savings account from which the amount is so withdrawn shall have been outstanding for a period of not less than six (6) months; and earnings on any amount so withdrawn shall neither be distributed for any greater portion of the dividend period than that during which such amount remained in the association, nor at the rate in excess of the rate at which earnings, exclusive of any bonus, are distributed on savings accounts for the dividend period in which such amount is so withdrawn. All stock upon which payments are made in installments, except stock pledged upon the direct reduction plan, and all paid-up fully participating stock, shall be entitled to dividend in proportion to the amount paid in on such stock. Paid-up stock upon which the dividend rate is limited shall not participate in profits in excess of the limited rate.
(2) Stock issued upon which mortgage is made upon semiannual reduction plan shall participate in any dividend only to extent of payments not credited upon the loan.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 286.5-371

  • Association: means a savings and loan association subject to the provisions of this subtitle and as used in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 286.5-011
  • earnings: means that part of the net income of an association which is declared payable on savings accounts and savings certificates from time to time by the board of directors, and is the cost of savings money to the association. See Kentucky Statutes 286.5-011
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Net income: means gross income for an accounting period less the aggregate of the following:
    (a) Operating expenses. See Kentucky Statutes 286.5-011
  • real estate: includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interest therein, other than a chattel interest. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Savings account: means that part of the savings liability of the association which is
    credited to the account of the holders thereof. See Kentucky Statutes 286.5-011
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(3) No dividend shall be declared, credited, or paid by any association except out of net income collected after deducting all expenses of operation and all losses sustained, except such losses from sale of real estate as may be charged to the reserve fund as provided in this subtitle.
Effective: June 18, 1964
History: Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 19, effective June 18, 1964.
Formerly codified as KRS § 289.371.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). In accordance with 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 247, secs. 38 and 39, this statute has been renumbered as a section of the Kentucky Financial Services Code, KRS Chapter 286, and KRS references within this statute have been adjusted to conform with the 2006 renumbering of that code.