United States Code
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§ 2123.
Board of directors
(a)
In general
Each bank for cooperatives shall elect a board of directors of such number, for such term, in such manner, and with such qualifications as may be required in its bylaws, except that at least one member shall be elected by the other directors, which member shall not be a director, officer, employee, or stockholder of a System institution.
(b)
Nomination and election
(1)
In general
If approved by the stockholders through a bylaw amendment, the nomination and election of one member from a bank for cooperatives shall be carried out with each voting stockholder of a bank for cooperatives having one vote, plus a number of votes (or fractional part thereof) equal to—
(A)
the number of stockholders eligible to vote; multiplied by
(B)
the percentage (or fractional part thereof) of the total equity interest (including allocated, but not unallocated, surplus and reserves) in the bank of all stockholders held by the individual voting stockholder at the close of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the bank.
(2)
Number of votes
The total number of votes under this subsection shall be the number of voting stockholders of a bank for cooperatives multiplied by two.
(Pub. L. 92–181, title III, § 3.2, Dec. 10, 1971 , 85 Stat. 603; Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 205(e)(2), Dec. 23, 1985 , 99 Stat. 1705; Pub. L. 100–399, title IX, § 901(d), Aug. 17, 1988 , 102 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 102–552, title V, § 503, Oct. 28, 1992 , 106 Stat. 4130; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(5), Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4679.)
cite as: 12 USC 2123
