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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part A · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System

§ 2072. Board of directors

Statutory text

Each production credit association shall elect from the voting members of such association, a board of directors of such number, for such terms, with such qualifications, and in such manner as may be required by the bylaws of the association, except that at least one member shall be elected by the other directors, which member shall not be a director, officer, employee, stockholder, or agent of a System institution.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Farm Credit Act of 1971

    Pub. L. 92–181 title II § 2 · 85 Stat. 583

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2072

    Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.1, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1630

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.1, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1630

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) Have succession until dissolved under the provisions of this Act or other Act of Congress.

  2. Agricultural Credit Technical Corrections Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–399 title IV § 401(n) · 102 Stat. 989

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 2072

    Pub. L. 100–399 struck out the comma after “except that”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–399 struck out the comma after “except that”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (n) Section 2.1 is amended by striking out the sixth comma.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.

  3. Pub. L. 102–237 title V § 502(c) · 105 Stat. 1818

    Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2072

    Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “stockholder, or agent” for “or stockholder”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “stockholder, or agent” for “or stockholder”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Amendment to Section 2.1.— Section 2.1 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2072) is amended by striking “or stockholder” and inserting “stockholder, or agent”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2072, Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.1, , 85 Stat. 591; Pub. L. 96–592, title II, § 201, , 94 Stat. 3439; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(1), , 99 Stat. 1704; Pub. L. 100–233, title VII, § 705(c), title VIII, §§ 802(i), 805(d), , 101 Stat. 1707, 1711, 1715; Pub. L. 100–399, title VI, § 604, title IX, § 901(b), , 102 Stat. 1006, 1007, related to corporate existence and general corporate powers, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 100–233, § 401.

Amendments1988–1991 · 2 rounds

1991

Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “stockholder, or agent” for “or stockholder”.

1988

Pub. L. 100–399 struck out the comma after “except that”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100–233, which was effective 6 months after , see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1622, provided in part that this section is effective 6 months after .

Credits

1988–1991 · 3 acts
  1. 1988Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.1, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1630
  2. 1988amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(n), , 102 Stat. 997
  3. 1991Pub. L. 102–237, title V, § 502(c), , 105 Stat. 1868.
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(Pub. L. 92–181, title II, § 2.1, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 401, , 101 Stat. 1630; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 401(n), , 102 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 102–237, title V, § 502(c), , 105 Stat. 1868.)

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