Michigan Laws 490.421 – Credit committee; powers; meetings; loan officers; appeals of loan rejections; designation of secretary; maintenance of records of activities
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(1) If a domestic credit union has a credit committee, the credit committee has general supervision of all loans to members.
(2) A credit committee shall meet as often as the business of the domestic credit union requires. The credit committee shall consider applications for loans or review the credit decisions of the loan officers of the domestic credit union. A majority vote of the members of the committee who are present at a meeting is required to approve or disapprove of a loan to a member.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 490.421
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Credit union: means a domestic or foreign credit union. See Michigan Laws 490.102
- Credit union board: means a board of directors, board of trustees, or other governing body of a credit union. 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
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- 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
(3) A credit committee, or the credit union board if the domestic credit union does not have a credit committee, may appoint 1 or more loan officers and delegate to them the power to approve or reject loans or lines of credit or to make credit decisions concerning loans or lines of credit, subject to any limitations or conditions established by the credit committee.
(4) A member whose loan application is disapproved by a loan officer may appeal in writing to the credit committee, or to the credit union board if the domestic credit union does not have a credit committee.
(5) A domestic credit union may establish and use an automated loan approval and rejection process but may not use the automated process for appeals of loan rejections. If a domestic credit union uses an automated process, the domestic credit union shall establish a written procedure to ensure the proper functioning of the automated process.
(6) The credit committee shall designate a secretary of the credit committee. The secretary shall maintain records of the actions of the committee concerning its lending activities as required by the credit union board.