2012 U.S. Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE (§§ 901 - 950bb-1)
Subchapter IV - RURAL TELEPHONE BANK (§§ 941 - 950b)
Section 942 - General powers
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 31 - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE SERVICE SUBCHAPTER IV - RURAL TELEPHONE BANK Sec. 942 - General powers |
| Contains | section 942 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title IV, §402, as added Pub. L. 92-12, §2, May 7, 1971, 85 Stat. 30. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 85 Stat. 30 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 92-12 |
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To carry out the specific powers herein authorized, the telephone bank shall have power to (a) adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; (b) sue and be sued in its corporate name; (c) make contracts, leases, and cooperative agreements, or enter into other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of its business, and on such terms as it may deem appropriate; (d) acquire, in any lawful manner, hold, maintain, use, and dispose of property: Provided, That the telephone bank may only acquire property needed in the conduct of its banking operations or pledged or mortgaged to secure loans made hereunder or in temporary operation or maintenance thereof: Provided further, That any such pledged or mortgaged property so acquired shall be disposed of as promptly as is consistent with prudent liquidation practices, but in no event later than five years after such acquisition; (e) accept gifts or donations of services or of property in aid of any of the purposes herein authorized; (f) appoint such officers, attorneys, agents, and employees, vest them with such powers and duties, fix and pay such compensation to them for their services as the telephone bank may determine; (g) determine the character of and the necessity for its obligations and expenditures, and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid; (h) execute, in accordance with its bylaws, all instruments necessary or appropriate in the exercise of any of its powers; (i) collect or compromise all obligations assigned to or held by it and all legal or equitable rights accruing to it in connection with the payment of such obligations until such time as such obligations may be referred to the Attorney General for suit or collection; and (j) exercise all such other powers as shall be necessary or incidental to carrying out its functions under this subchapter.
(May 20, 1936, ch. 432, title IV, §402, as added Pub. L. 92–12, §2, May 7, 1971, 85 Stat. 30.)
Effective DateSection effective May 7, 1971, see section 7 of Pub. L. 92–12, set out as a note under section 921a of this title.
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