North Dakota Code 6-06-04 – Amendment of certificate or bylaws – Approval by state credit union board
The certificate of organization or bylaws of a credit union may be amended by the board of directors or the membership of the credit union as specified in the bylaws. If the bylaws provide for amendments by the board of directors, such amendments require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the authorized number of members of the board of directors of the credit union at any duly held meeting of the board, if the members of the board have been given prior written notice of said meeting and the notice contains a copy of the proposed amendment or amendments. If the bylaws provide for amendments by the membership of the credit union, such amendments require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting at a duly called regular or special meeting of the membership, providing the members have been given prior written notice of said meeting and the notice contains a copy or summary of the proposed amendment or amendments. No amendment of the bylaws or of the certificate of organization becomes effective, until approved in writing by the state credit union board. Amendments to the certificate of organization together with a filing fee of twenty dollars must be filed with the secretary of state within thirty days after the amendments have been approved by the state credit union board.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 6-06-04
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- board: when used in this title includes the state banking board and the state credit union board. See North Dakota Code 6-01-03
- Credit union: means a cooperative, nonprofit association organized for the purposes of encouraging thrift among its members, creating a source of credit at a fair and reasonable rate of interest, and providing an opportunity for its members to improve their economic and social condition. See North Dakota Code 6-01-02
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37