Section 490.386 - Establishment and maintenance of reserves.

CREDIT UNION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 215 of 2003

490.386 Establishment and maintenance of reserves.

Sec. 386.

(1) A domestic credit union shall establish and maintain reserves in an amount that qualifies the domestic credit union for insurance of its accounts under federal law and meets any requirement of the commissioner.

(2) A domestic credit union shall establish allowances for loan and lease losses account based on its reasonably foreseeable loan and lease losses and shall maintain the account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A domestic credit union shall charge a loan or lease or any portion of a loan or lease to the allowance for loan and lease losses account if any of the following occur:

(a) The credit union board considers the loan or lease or any portion of a loan or lease uncollectible.

(b) The loan or lease is 12 or more contractual payments delinquent, the borrower has not made a contractual payment in the past 90 days, and the domestic credit union has not instituted judicial proceedings to collect the loan or lease.

(c) The commissioner orders the domestic credit union to charge the loan or lease or any portion of a loan or lease to the allowance for loan and lease losses account.

(3) A domestic credit union shall establish special reserves to protect the interests of members if required by rule of the commissioner or if the credit union board or the commissioner decide that a special reserve is necessary to protect the interests of the members concerning a specific event.

(4) This section applies to a corporate credit union organized under this act only to the extent the commissioner determines is necessary to protect the interests of the members and other share and deposit account holders of the corporate credit union.


History: 2003, Act 215, Eff. June 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 471, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004