2018 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 6 - Banks and Banking
RS 6:1181 - Members
PART IV. MEMBERSHIP
§1181. Members
A. The membership of a mutual savings bank shall consist solely of every depositor or holder of a withdrawable account issued by the savings bank.
B. The members of a stock savings bank shall consist solely of the owners of its capital stock. Jointly owned stock shall constitute one membership.
C. Any savings bank which had legal existence under another statute prior to September 1, 1990, and which, if it was organized on a mutual basis, included borrowers as members or, if its ownership was evidenced by stock, included borrowers and/or depositors as voting or nonvoting members, may retain that membership structure by resolution of its board of directors to be included in its application for a savings bank charter under this Chapter. Otherwise, borrowers may not be members of a savings bank operating under this Chapter and only mutual savings banks may include depositors as members.
D. Joint ownership of an account constitutes one membership.
Acts 1990, No. 816, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990.
