Terms Used In Michigan Laws 490.381

  • Credit union: means a domestic or foreign credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Director: means the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Domestic credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit entity organized under this act for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, providing a variety of financial services to its members, and providing an opportunity for its members to use and control their own money on a democratic basis in order to improve their economic and social condition. See Michigan Laws 490.102
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Officer: means the chairperson of the board, the vice-chairperson of the board, the secretary, the treasurer, the general manager, an individual whose title is "president" an assistant treasurer, or an assistant secretary of a credit union, or any other individual who is specifically designated as an officer of a credit union by the credit union board. See Michigan Laws 490.103
   Except as otherwise required by law, a director, officer, member of a committee, or employee of a domestic credit union shall not disclose any confidential information related to the conduct of the business of the domestic credit union that he or she has a duty not to disclose, including, but not limited to, personnel matters, matters involving actual or potential litigation or real estate transactions, or other matters related to strategic business endeavors of the domestic credit union, and shall not disclose any information concerning transactions between the domestic credit union and either its members or other persons. This subsection does not apply to any disclosure necessary to the conduct of the business of the domestic credit union.