Kansas Statutes
Article 22 - Credit Unions
17-2234 Department of credit unions; supervision; employees; attorney; security background check.

17-2234. Department of credit unions; supervision; employees; attorney; security background check. (a) (1) There is hereby established the state department of credit unions, which shall be under the administrative supervision of the administrator as directed by law. The administrator may appoint or employ an attorney to assist the department in its functions under this act, and in accordance with the civil service law, such special assistants, deputies or examiners, and other employees, as may be necessary for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this act.
(2) The administrator is hereby authorized to appoint financial examiners and other staff who shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. The administrator's salary schedule for unclassified positions shall be reported to the credit union council annually.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall affect the classified status of any person employed with the department of credit unions on the day immediately preceding the effective day of this act.
(c) Each special assistant, deputy, examiner and other such employees as may be necessary for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this act shall submit to a security background check prior to being employed in such position. Upon the commencement of the interview process, every candidate shall be given a written notice that a security background check is required. The security background check shall be limited to criminal history record information as provided by K.S.A. 22-4701 et seq., and amendments thereto. If the criminal history record information reveals any conviction of crimes of dishonesty, such conviction may be used to disqualify a candidate for any position within the office of the department of credit unions. If the criminal history record information is used to disqualify a candidate, the candidate shall be informed in writing of that decision. Upon determining whether to hire or disqualify a candidate, the candidate's criminal history record information report shall be destroyed. The candidate's personnel file shall only contain a statement that a security background check was performed and the date thereof.
(d) The state department of credit unions shall submit an employment candidate's fingerprints to the Kansas bureau of investigation and to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of determining whether the applicant has a criminal record.
History: L. 1968, ch. 160, § 20; L. 1973, ch. 95, § 2; L. 1978, ch. 308, § 47; L. 1981, ch. 299, § 47; L. 1992, ch. 225, § 17; L. 1995, ch. 196, § 1; L. 2012, ch. 161, § 2; L. 2019, ch. 22, § 26; July 1.

Structure Kansas Statutes

Kansas Statutes

Chapter 17 - Corporations

Article 22 - Credit Unions

17-2201 Organization of credit unions; articles of incorporation and bylaws; approval of administrator; application of corporation code; filing fees.

17-2202 Amendments to bylaws and charter; bylaw amendments to be filed; administrator's disapproval of amendments to bylaws; appeal.

17-2203 Use of name; penalty for unauthorized use.

17-2204 Powers of credit unions.

17-2204a Investments; limitations; definition of credit union services organization.

17-2205 Credit unions, fields of membership. [See Revisor's Note]

17-2205a Membership of credit union; continuation of branch operations, limitations. [See Revisor's Note]

17-2206 Supervision and powers of administrator; reports, fines; examination, fees.

17-2206a Undelivered funds due creditors, depositors and shareholders of defunct credit union; duties of administrator and state treasurer; undistributed assets of defunct credit unions fund.

17-2207 Fiscal year; meetings.

17-2208 Officers; board of directors; committees; suspension of members, when.

17-2209 Directors to elect officers; duties of board; executive committee.

17-2210 Method of making loans.

17-2211 Duties of supervisory committee; annual and supplementary audits; acceptance of certain audits.

17-2212 Capital and revenue of credit union; right of setoff; dormant accounts; unmatured shares; transfer to reserve fund, when.

17-2213 Shares to minors; joint tenancy shareholdings; trust accounts; credit union can act as trustee or custodian.

17-2214 Corporate credit unions; powers; lending to members; credit unions lending to each other, approval.

17-2215 Power to borrow money; limitations.

17-2215a Power of corporate credit unions to borrow increased by amount of certain investments.

17-2216 Loans to members; limitations.

17-2216a Loans to directors or members of credit or supervisory committees; conditions.

17-2217 Reserve income; payments into reserve fund; rules and regulations.

17-2218 Dividends.

17-2219 Expulsion of members, when; policy, notice; withdrawal of member from credit union.

17-2221 Change in place of business; how accomplished.

17-2221a Credit union branches; procedure.

17-2222 Conversion from state to federal credit union.

17-2223 Incorporation in this state of federal credit union or credit union organized in another state; procedure; name; effect of granting charter.

17-2223a Administrator's approval required before foreign credit union does business in state; examination; hearing.

17-2226 Purchase of real estate, material, equipment or improvements; lease and disposition of property.

17-2227 Information concerning credit unions; disclosure authorized; otherwise confidential; exceptions.

17-2228 Merger with other credit union, procedure; certificate requirements; assets and liabilities; cancellation of terminated credit union charter.

17-2229 Sale or purchase of assets to or of another credit union; agreement; approval of administrator; effective date; dissolution of selling credit union; reserves.

17-2230 Voluntary and involuntary dissolution; appointment of agent; liquidation procedure.

17-2231 Definitions.

17-2232 Credit union council; membership, appointment, terms; meetings.

17-2233 Credit union administrator; appointment, duties, salary, expenses and term.

17-2234 Department of credit unions; supervision; employees; attorney; security background check.

17-2235 Credit union council's compensation and expenses.

17-2236 Bonds of administrator, examiners and employees; disposition of moneys; credit union fee fund.

17-2237 Transfer of jurisdiction and records.

17-2238 Continuity of previously organized credit unions.

17-2239 Continuity of proceedings.

17-2240 Housing of department.

17-2241 Appeals.

17-2243 Invalidity of part.

17-2244 Authority to operate in same activities as other federally insured credit unions; powers of administrator; report to legislature.

17-2245 Credit union may participate in loan with another credit union, financial organization or national cooperative bank.

17-2246 Share insurance required.

17-2260 Rules and regulations.

17-2262 Severability.

17-2263 Contracts for payment of members' accounts to beneficiaries upon members' deaths; rights of member during lifetime; change of beneficiary.

17-2264 Same; duties of credit union; release and discharge thereof.

17-2268 Personal liability of officers and directors, exceptions.

17-2269 Citation.