Sec. 31.3. (a) As used in this section, "official" means an individual who is or who was a director, committee member, officer, or employee of a credit union.
(b) An official of a credit union shall discharge the duties of the official's position in good faith and with the degree of diligence, care, and skill that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar circumstances in a like position. In discharging the official's duties, an official may rely upon:
(1) the opinion of legal counsel for the credit union;
(2) the report of an independent appraiser selected with reasonable care by:
(A) the board; or
(B) an officer of the credit union; or
(3) financial statements of the credit union:
(A) represented to the official to be correct by the:
(i) chief executive officer; or
(ii) officer of the credit union having charge of the credit union's records; or
(B) stated in a written report by an independent public or certified public accountant or firm of accountants fairly to reflect the financial condition of the credit union.
(c) As used in this section, "credit union" includes all other credit unions that become related to a credit union by a consolidation or merger and the resulting or continuing credit union.
(d) A credit union may indemnify a director, a committee member, an officer, an employee, or an agent to the extent and in the same manner that a corporation may indemnify a director, committee member, officer, employee, or agent under IC 28-13-13-2 through IC 28-13-13-13.
As added by P.L.35-2010, SEC.168.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 28. Financial Institutions
Article 7. Specialized Financial Institutions
28-7-1-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
28-7-1-1. Persons Authorized to Organize; Application; Articles of Incorporation
28-7-1-3. Bylaws; Requirement to Commence Business; Form
28-7-1-7. Amendment of Articles
28-7-1-8. Unauthorized Use of Name "Credit Union"; Violations
28-7-1-9. Powers; Investments; Maintenance of Files; Authority to Purchase and Hold Life Insurance
28-7-1-9.1. Sale of Life Insurance Policy or Annuity Contract; Prohibitions
28-7-1-9.2. Request to Exercise Rights and Privileges Granted to Federal Credit Unions; Appeal
28-7-1-10. Membership; Identification; Qualified Groups; Membership Cards
28-7-1-10.1. Illegal Members; Purging of Accounts; Loans Not Affected
28-7-1-10.6. Issuing Shares in a Revocable or Irrevocable Trust; Conditions
28-7-1-14. Fiscal Year; Membership Meetings; Voting Rights
28-7-1-16.5. Conflicts of Interest; Disqualification; Directors; Committee Members
28-7-1-18. Duties and Powers of Supervisory Committee; Audits; Meeting Minutes
28-7-1-20.1. Issuance of Shares; Joint Tenancy; Deposits, Investments, and Withdrawals by Minors
28-7-1-22. Authority to Borrow; Limits; Authority to Receive Public Deposits and Pledge Securities
28-7-1-23. Loans to Members; Purposes; Repayment Plans; Direct Deposit
28-7-1-26.5. Refusal to Make Payment From Account
28-7-1-28. Change of Place of Business
28-7-1-31.3. Credit Union Officials; Discharge of Duties; Indemnification
28-7-1-31.5. Insurance; Examinations
28-7-1-35. Effect of Amendments by Acts 1974, p.l.130
28-7-1-37. Withdrawal of Deposits
28-7-1-38. Requirement to Provide Property Tax Information in Certain Transactions