New York Laws
Article 11 - Credit Unions
470 - Powers and Duties of Directors; Not Entitled to Compensation; Disqualification of Directors.

§ 470. Powers and duties of directors; not entitled to compensation;
disqualification of directors. 1. The board of directors of every credit
union shall have the general management of the affairs, funds and
records of the corporation. No member of the board of directors shall
receive any compensation for his services as a member of the board.
Whenever the directors shall deem any loan unsafe they may, in their
discretion, require additional security to be given by the borrower, and
if such security is not furnished as required by them, they may declare
the loan due and take action to collect the same. Complete minutes of
all meetings of directors shall be kept which shall include the names of
the directors present.

2. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of a credit
union if such person's spouse is a director or one of the five highest
paid salaried officers of the credit union, if such person or such
person's spouse is the grandparent, parent, child, grandchild, brother,
sister, uncle, nephew, or niece of a director or one of the five highest
paid salaried officers of the credit union, or if a director or one of
the five highest paid salaried officers of the credit union is the
spouse of such person's child, grandchild, brother or sister.

No director in office on July seventeenth, nineteen hundred eighty-six
shall be ineligible for the office of director by reason of the
provisions of this subdivision.

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