26-2148. DUTY OF CREDIT UNION SERVICE CORPORATION NOT TO DISCRIMINATE — BURDEN OF PROOF. Whenever a credit union, referred to in this section as any "applying credit union" subject to examination by either the department of finance of the state of Idaho, or a federal supervisory agency, applies for a type of credit union services for itself from a credit union service corporation which supplies the same type of credit union services to another credit union, and the applying credit union is competitive with any credit union, referred to in this section as a "stockholding credit union" which holds stock in such corporation, the corporation must offer to supply such services by either:

(a) Issuing stock to the applying credit union and furnishing credit union services to it on the same basis as to the other credit unions holding stock in the corporation, or

(b) Furnishing credit union services to the applying credit union at rates no higher than necessary to fairly reflect the cost of such services, including the reasonable cost of the capital provided to the corporation by its stockholders, at the corporation’s option, unless comparable services at competitive overall cost are available to the applying credit union from another source, or unless the furnishing of the services sought by the applying credit union would be beyond the practical capacity of the corporation. In any action or proceeding to enforce the duty imposed by this section, or for damages for the breach thereof, the burden shall be upon the credit union service corporation to show such availability.

History:

[26-2148, added 1977, ch. 213, sec. 2, p. 608.]