Louisiana § 6:1188 Directors

Louisiana Statutes

§ 6:1188 — Directors

Louisiana § 6:1188

Title 6Banks and Banking

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La. Stat. Ann. § 6:1188 (2026).

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§1188. Directors A. The business and affairs of the savings bank shall be exercised by its elected board of directors. B.

(1)The board of directors shall consist of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws, but shall not be less than five nor more than twenty. No more than one-half of the directors shall be salaried employees of the savings bank.

(2)The articles of incorporation of the savings bank may provide that the board of directors shall be divided into three classes of as nearly equal numbers of directors as possible. The term of office of the first class shall expire at the first annual meeting that follows such division; of the second class, at the second such meeting; and of the third class, at the third such meeting. At each annual meeting following such division, directors

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§1188. Directors
A. The business and affairs of the savings bank shall be exercised by its elected
board of directors.
B.(1) The board of directors shall consist of the number of directors fixed by the
bylaws, but shall not be less than five nor more than twenty. No more than one-half of the
directors shall be salaried employees of the savings bank.
(2) The articles of incorporation of the savings bank may provide that the board of
directors shall be divided into three classes of as nearly equal numbers of directors as
possible. The term of office of the first class shall expire at the first annual meeting that
follows such division; of the second class, at the second such meeting; and of the third class,
at the third such meeting. At each annual meeting following such division, directors shall
be elected for a full-term of three years to succeed those whose terms expire at such meeting.
No director shall be elected for a longer single term than three years.
C. The provisions of R.S. 6:282 and 285 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder shall be applicable to savings banks in the same manner as they are applicable to
banks.
D. Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 637, §2, eff. June 22, 2001.
E. Immediately following their election, and in every case before assuming the duties
of their office, all directors of a stock or mutual savings bank shall take an oath of office to
discharge their duties as directors properly and conscientiously, which oath shall be
subscribed to by the director making and taking it and entered into the minutes of the next
regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The oath shall be retained in the records
of the savings bank for examination by the commissioner. These oaths shall be in writing
and on a form provided by the commissioner, and shall be renewed as to each director upon
the occasion of each reelection to the board. The commissioner may suspend any director
who fails to comply with this requirement, and no suspended director shall be reinstated,
except for good cause shown after taking the oath.
F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of a savings bank may authorize or require delivery of notices of
meetings and other communications to directors by electronic transmission to the same
extent and in the same manner as permitted for a Louisiana corporation in accordance with
R.S. 12:1-141.

Legislative History

Acts 1990, No. 816, §1, eff. Sept. 1, 1990; Acts 1993, No. 276, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, No. 66, §1;Acts 2001, No. 637, §§1 and 2, eff. June 22, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 72, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Acts 2007, No. 15, §1, eff. June 18, 2007; Acts 2018, No. 88, §1.