§ 11-30-109 — Directors and officers - compensation

(1) At its first meeting
after the annual election, the board of directors shall elect from its own number an
executive officer, who may be designated as chair of the board or president; a vice-chair of the board or one or more vice-presidents; a treasurer; and a secretary. The
offices of secretary and treasurer may be combined into one office known as
secretary-treasurer. The persons so elected shall be the executive officers of the
corporation. The board of directors shall be responsible for the general
management of the affairs of the credit union, and more specifically to:

(a) Act on applications for membership, or to appoint from among the
membership of the credit union, one or more membership officers who may act on
applications for membership;

(b) Set policies, terms, and conditions under which loans will be available to
members, determine interest rates on loans and on deposits, determine whether an
interest refund shall be made to members, and declare the rates of any such
interest refund and the classes of loans to which such refund shall apply. Any such
refund shall be paid from interest income of the credit union and shall be paid only
to members who paid interest to the credit union during the period and who were
members of record of the credit union at the close of such period, but no refund
shall be paid to a member whose loan is delinquent more than the period of time
specified by the board of directors.

(c) Fix the amount of the blanket surety bond which shall cover all elected
and appointed officials and all employees of the credit union. Such blanket surety
bond shall be in an amount equal to the assets of the credit union as of December
31 of the previous year or one million dollars, whichever is less, or in such other
amount as may be prescribed by the commissioner.

(d) Declare dividends and, subject to approval by the commissioner, adopt
amendments to the bylaws of the credit union;

(e) Determine when any vacancy exists in the board of directors or in the
credit committee, and to fill vacancies in the board and in the credit committee until
successors are elected or appointed and qualify, and to appoint one or more
assistant secretaries or treasurers or both, as needed; and the board may employ an
officer in charge of operations whose title shall be either president or general
manager, or, in lieu thereof, the board of directors may designate the treasurer or
an assistant treasurer to act as general manager and be in active charge of the
affairs of the credit union;

(f) Determine the maximum individual share holdings in the credit union and
the maximum amount of individual loans which can be made either with or without
security;

(g) Have charge of and supervise investments of credit union funds;

(h) Maintain records pursuant to rules promulgated by the financial services
board concerning how long records should be retained and in what manner;

(i) Provide for compensation of necessary clerical and auditing assistance
requested by the supervisory committee and of loan officers appointed by the
credit committee, and to establish any salary which shall be paid to the treasurer or
general manager.

(2) The duties of the officers shall be as determined in the bylaws; except
that the treasurer shall be the general manager if none has been employed
pursuant to paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of this section.

(3) A credit union may reasonably compensate a director for the director's
services to the credit union. Providing reasonable life, health, accident, and similar
insurance protection is not considered compensation. Directors, officers, and
committee members may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incidental to the
performance of the official business of the credit union.

Legislative History

Source: L. 31: p. 300, � 9. CSA: C. 47, � 9. L. 41: p. 374, � 9. L. 51: p. 315, � 2. CRS 53: � 38-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: � 38-1-9. L. 67: p. 318, � 8. L. 77: IP(1) and (1)(e) amended, p. 567, � 2, effective July 1. L. 81: (1)(b) amended, p. 612, � 2, effective July 1. L. 83: (1)(b) amended, p. 484, � 5, effective July 1. L. 84: IP(1), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(g), and (2) amended and (3) added, p. 374, � 5, effective July 1. L. 90: (1)(c) amended, p. 1838, � 9, effective May 31. L. 94: IP(1) and (1)(b) amended, p. 65, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(h) amended, p. 130, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2016: (3) amended, (SB 16-125), ch. 99, p. 287, � 2, effective August 10. L. 2024: (3) amended, (HB 24-1381), ch. 350, p. 2366, � 12, effective August 7.