§742. Miscellaneous provisions relative to capital and accounts

A. A capital stock association may raise capital by the sale of stock, stock dividends, profits, issuance of capital notes, and subordinated debentures, or by any other method approved by the commissioner.

B. A mutual association may raise capital in the form of such savings deposits, shares, or other accounts, for fixed, minimum, or indefinite periods of time, all of which are referred to in this Section as savings accounts, or in the form of such demand accounts as are authorized in this Chapter and may issue such passbooks, time certificates of deposit, or other evidence of accounts as it deems proper.

C. Subject to restrictions otherwise imposed by law, an association may agree to pay an additional or different rate of dividend or interest on any share or savings account based upon its classification with respect to the character, amount, duration, or regularity of the transactions with respect to such share or savings account, provided the association pays the same dividend or interest rate on all shares or savings accounts in the same classification.

D. An association may accept demand accounts of those persons or organizations that have a business, corporate, commercial, or agricultural loan relationship with that association; a loan relationship includes, but is not limited to, any outstanding loan, the establishment of a line of credit, and a consistent pattern of lending between an association and a business evidencing a legitimate lending relationship between the association and the business. An association may also accept demand accounts from a commercial, corporate, business, or agricultural entity for the sole purpose of effectuating payments thereto by a nonbusiness customer. An association may not pay interest on a demand account. All savings accounts and demand accounts shall have the same priority upon liquidation.

E. Payment of savings accounts that have fixed or minimum terms of not less than fourteen days shall be subject to the right of the association to require written notice of withdrawal not less than fourteen days in advance.

F. The payment of withdrawals from accounts in the event an association does not pay all withdrawals in full, subject to the right of the association, where applicable, to require notice, shall be subject to such rules and procedures as may be prescribed by the association's board of directors, but any association which, except as authorized in writing by the commissioner, fails to make full payment of any withdrawal when due shall be deemed to be in an unsafe or unsound condition to transact business.

G. Accounts may be subject to check or to withdrawal or transfer on negotiable or transferable or other order or authorization to the association.

H. Notwithstanding any limitation of this Section, associations may establish remote service units for the purpose of crediting savings or demand accounts, debiting such accounts, crediting payments on loans, and the conducting of related financial transactions.

I. Borrowing; issuance of securities. The association may borrow in accordance with R.S. 6:731(E), and as otherwise authorized by this Chapter or by the commissioner.

J. Credit card operations. An association is authorized to issue credit cards, extend credit in connection therewith, and otherwise engage in or participate in credit card operations.

Acts 1983, No. 675, §1.