N.Y. Banking Law Section 397-A
Report to directors

The board of directors of every savings and loan association shall designate, by resolution duly recorded in the minutes, an officer or officers whose duty it shall be to prepare and submit to each director present at a regular meeting of the board or to each member of an executive committee of not less than five members of such board present at a regular meeting of such committee, a written report containing such information and meeting such requirements as are required in the case of reports submitted to the trustees of savings banks pursuant to § 252 (Reports to trustees)section two hundred fifty-two of this chapter and such regulations as the superintendent may promulgate thereunder or hereunder. A copy of such report, verified by the affidavit of the officer or officers charged with the duty of preparing and submitting such report, together with a list of the directors present at such meeting, shall be filed with the records of the savings and loan association within one day after such meeting, and shall be presumptive evidence of the matters therein stated. The superintendent, by regulation, may require the preparation and submission of such a report to directors at dates other than those required herein.

Source: Section 397-A — Report to directors, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/BNK/397-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 17, 2025).

375
Incorporation 376
Proposed by-laws 377
When corporate existence begins 378
Power to issue shares 378–A
Time deposits 378–B
Club accounts 378–C
Excelsior linked deposit program 378–D
Preservation of books and records 378–E
Water pollution control linked deposit program 379
Power to invest in securities 379–B
Service corporation owned by associations 380
Power to make loans 380–A
Power to purchase mortgage, loan or investment 380–B
Power to purchase mortgages from mortgage holders 380–C
Power to participate in certain loans and mortgage investments 380–E
Effect of usury 380–F
Power to make advances of federal funds 380–G
Power to engage in line of credit financing of residential real estate 380–H
Trust powers 380–I
Personal loan departments 380–J
Authorization to acquire and lease personal property 380–K
Investment in promissory notes 380–L
Excelsior linked deposit program 380–M
Water pollution control linked deposit program 381
Power to take and hold real estate 382
Power to borrow 382–A
Power to act as trustee under self-employed retirement trust and of individual retirement account 382–B
Power to issue certain obligations 383
Other powers 383–A
Rental of safe deposit boxes 384
Entries in books 385
Surplus account 386
Profits 387
Credits to surplus account and undivided profits 388
Fines and penalties for failure to make payments on instalment shares 389
Matured shares 390
Withdrawal of unpledged shares 392
Retirement of shares 393
Repayment of mortgage loans 394
Joint shares 395
Alternative provisions relative to payment of interest to shareholders 396
Change of location 396–A
Electronic facilities 396–B
Acceptance of United States currency 397
Number, qualifications and disqualifications of directors 397–A
Report to directors 398
Filling of vacancies in board of directors 398–A
Forfeiture of office of director 398–B
Duties of directors and officers 398–C
Executive committee and other committees 399
Restrictions on directors and officers 399–A
Restrictions on holding of certain offices by executive officers of federal savings banks and federal savings associations 400
Pensions 401
Official communications to be submitted to directors and noted in minutes 402
Amendment of articles of association and by-laws 403
Examination by directors 404
Reports to the superintendent 404–A
Photographic reproduction of records 405
Annual report to shareholders 406
Charters conformed to this article 407
Exemptions 409
Conversion of a state savings and loan association into a federal savings and loan association 410
Conversion of a federal savings and loan association into a state savings and loan association 411
Conversion of a savings and loan association or federal savings and loan association into a savings bank 412
Conversion of federal savings institutions to state charter 413
Reciprocal interstate acquisitions
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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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