§ 2208. Prohibition against use of signed ballots

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. 1980

   Farm Credit Act of 1971

   Pub. L. 92–181 title IV § 4 · 85 Stat. 583

   Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2208

   Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.20, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3447

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–181, title IV, § 4.20, as added Pub. L. 96–592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3447

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
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2. 1988

   Agricultural Credit Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–233 title IV § 425 · 101 Stat. 1568

   Amended · 12 U.S.C. § 2208

   Pub. L. 100–233 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of (1) section 2074 of this title authorizing the Federal intermediate credit banks to lend to or discount paper for other financial institutions, and (2) section 2128(b) of this title authorizing the financing of certain domestic or foreign entities in connection with the import or export activities of cooperatives which are borrowers from the banks for cooperatives, shall expire on September 30, 1990, unless extended by Act of Congress prior to that date. Any contract or agreement entered into under the authority of either provision prior to its expiration shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such expiration.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–233 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The provisions of (1) section 2074 of this title authorizing the Federal intermediate credit banks to lend to or discount paper for other financial institutions, and (2) section 2128(b) of this title authorizing the financing of certain domestic or foreign entities in connection with the import or export activities of cooperatives which are borrowers from the banks for cooperatives, shall expire on September 30, 1990, unless extended by Act of Congress prior to that date. Any contract or agreement entered into under the authority of either provision prior to its expiration shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such expiration.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 425. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SUNSET PROVISIONS; PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SIGNED BALLOTS. Section 4.20 (12 U.S.C. 2208) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 4.20. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SIGNED BALLOTS. “In any election or merger vote, or other proceeding subject to a vote of the stockholders (or subscribers to the guaranty fund of a bank for cooperatives), conducted by a lending institution of the Farm Credit System, the institution— “(1) may not use signed ballots; and “(2) shall implement measures to safeguard the voting process for the protection of the right of stockholders (or subscribers) to a secret ballot.”.

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