(a) The governing board of any Connecticut bank may fix the compensation of its officers and employees, of the members of its advisory boards, and of the members of regularly constituted committees of the governing board for attending committee meetings, for auditing or for appraising. Members of the governing board or corporators may receive such reasonable fees as the governing board of the bank may, in its discretion, deem appropriate for attendance at any meeting of the governing board or of the corporators, but members of the governing board or corporators who are also salaried officers or employees of such bank shall receive no additional compensation for attendance at any meeting of the governing board or of the corporators or any committee thereof.

(b) No director of a Connecticut bank shall receive any compensation for endorsing any paper discounted or any loan made, nor shall any director, officer or employee of such bank receive any compensation for recommending or otherwise assisting in obtaining a loan from or by such bank, nor shall any executive officer of such bank receive any compensation for selling or aiding in the sale of any stocks or securities of such bank, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to regular compensation paid to its officers and employees by the bank, nor to any fees paid to directors for attendance at any regular or special meeting of such bank or committee thereof nor to any fees paid to any such director, officer or employee for services rendered in connection with the appraisal of any real estate, the mortgage of which real estate has been offered to such bank as security for a loan.

(1949 Rev., S. 5793; P.A. 91-357, S. 16, 78; P.A. 94-122, S. 49, 340.)

History: P.A. 91-357 made technical changes; P.A. 94-122 divided section into Subsecs., adding new provisions as Subsec. (a) making compensation requirements apply equally to savings banks, bank and trust companies and savings and loan associations, effective January 1, 1995; Sec. 36-69 transferred to Sec. 36a-98 in 1995.