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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part A · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System

§ 2130. Ownership of stock by borrowers

Statutory text

(a)

Each borrower entitled to hold voting stock shall, at the time a loan is made by a bank for cooperatives, own at least one share of voting stock and shall be required by the bank to invest in additional voting stock or nonvoting investment stock at that time, or from time to time, as the lending bank may determine, but the requirement for investment in stock at the time the loan is closed shall not exceed an amount equal to 10 per centum of the face amount of the loan. Such additional ownership requirements may be based on the face amount of the loan, the outstanding loan balance or on a percentage of the interest payable by the borrower during any year or during any quarter thereof, or upon such other basis as the bank determines will provide adequate capital for the operation of the bank and equitable ownership thereof among borrowers.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the purchase of stock need not be required with respect to that part of any loan made by a bank for cooperatives which it sells to or makes in participation with financial institutions other than any of the banks for cooperatives. In such cases the distribution of earnings of the bank for cooperatives shall be on the basis of the interest in the loan retained by such bank.

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 · 85 Stat. 583

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2130

    Pub. L. 92–181 title III, § 3.9, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 605

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–181 title III, § 3.9, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 605

  2. Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–592 title III § 306 · 94 Stat. 3437

    Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 2130(a)

    Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions respecting entitlement to hold voting stock

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions respecting entitlement to hold voting stock.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 306. Section 3.9(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 is amended 12 USC 2130. by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a new sentence as follows: “Each borrower entitled to hold voting stock shall, at the time a loan is made by a bank for cooperatives, own at least one share of voting stock and shall be required by the bank with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration to invest in additional voting stock or nonvoting investment stock at that time, or from time to time, as the lending bank may determine, but the requirement for investment in stock at the time the loan is closed shall not exceed an amount equal to 10 per centum of the face amount of the loan.”.

  3. Agricultural Credit Act of 1987

    Pub. L. 100–233 title VIII § 802(q) · 101 Stat. 1568

    1. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2130(a)

      Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “by the bank to invest” for “by the bank with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration to invest”

    2. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2130(a)

      Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “or upon such other basis as the bank determines” for “or upon such other basis as the bank, with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration, determines”

    3. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 2130(a)

      Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required” for “in a district bank or banks as may be approved by the Farm Credit Administration and such district bank shall be required”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “by the bank to invest” for “by the bank with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration to invest”, “or upon such other basis as the bank determines” for “or upon such other basis as the bank, with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration, determines”, and “in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required” for “in a district bank or banks as may be approved by the Farm Credit Administration and such district bank shall be required”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (q) Ownership of Stock.— Section 3.9(a) (12 U.S.C. 2130(a)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking out “with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration”; (2) in the second sentence, by striking out “, with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration,”; and (3) in the third sentence, by striking out “as may be approved by the Farm Credit Administration”.

  4. Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–334 title V § 5411(9) · 132 Stat. 4490

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 2130(a)

    Pub. L. 115–334 struck out at end “In the case of a direct loan by the Central Bank, the borrower shall be required to own or invest in the necessary stock in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required to own a corresponding amount of stock in the Central Bank, but voting stock shall be in the one district bank, designated by the Farm Credit Administration.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334 struck out at end “In the case of a direct loan by the Central Bank, the borrower shall be required to own or invest in the necessary stock in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required to own a corresponding amount of stock in the Central Bank, but voting stock shall be in the one district bank, designated by the Farm Credit Administration.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (9) Section 3.9(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2130(a)) is amended by striking the third sentence.

5 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1980–2018 · 3 rounds

2018

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334 struck out at end “In the case of a direct loan by the Central Bank, the borrower shall be required to own or invest in the necessary stock in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required to own a corresponding amount of stock in the Central Bank, but voting stock shall be in the one district bank, designated by the Farm Credit Administration.”

1988

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–233 substituted “by the bank to invest” for “by the bank with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration to invest”, “or upon such other basis as the bank determines” for “or upon such other basis as the bank, with the approval of the Farm Credit Administration, determines”, and “in a district bank or banks and such district bank shall be required” for “in a district bank or banks as may be approved by the Farm Credit Administration and such district bank shall be required”.

1980

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–592 inserted provisions respecting entitlement to hold voting stock.

Credits

1971–2018 · 4 acts
  1. 1971Pub. L. 92–181 title III, § 3.9, , 85 Stat. 605
  2. 1980Pub. L. 96–592, title III, § 306, , 94 Stat. 3445
  3. 1988Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, § 802(q), , 101 Stat. 1712
  4. 2018Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(9), , 132 Stat. 4680.
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(Pub. L. 92–181 title III, § 3.9, , 85 Stat. 605; Pub. L. 96–592, title III, § 306, , 94 Stat. 3445; Pub. L. 100–233, title VIII, § 802(q), , 101 Stat. 1712; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(9), , 132 Stat. 4680.)

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