N.Y. Banking Law Section 477
Retirement and insurance benefits for officers and employees

1.

Subject to such regulations as the superintendent of financial services may prescribe, a credit union may, in the discretion of a majority of all the board of directors, provide to officers and employees retirement benefits, deferred compensation programs and other employee benefit plans.

2.

A credit union investing to fund a retirement benefit, deferred compensation program or other benefit plan for its officers and employees shall not be subject to or limited by the investment provisions set forth in subdivision eighteen of § 454 (General powers)section four hundred fifty-four of this article so long as the investment is directly related to the benefit plan, and any obligation or potential obligation thereunder, and the credit union holds the investment for as long as it provides such benefit plan or has any actual or potential obligation thereunder.

Source: Section 477 — Retirement and insurance benefits for officers and employees, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/BNK/477 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Nov. 1, 2025).

450
Incorporation 450–A
Designation of low income credit union 450–B
Designation of student branches 451
Proposed bylaws 451–A
Qualifications for membership 452
When corporate existence begins 453
Corporate credit unions 454
General powers 455
Trust powers 456
Limitations upon powers 457
Capital 458–A
Maintenance of reserves 459
Allowance for loan loss 460
Dividends to shareholders 461
Change of location 462
Foreign credit unions 463
Exemptions and individual liability of shareholders 464
Manner of withdrawal 465
Withdrawal of shares after voting to liquidate 466
Meetings of shareholders 467
Qualifications and disqualifications of directors and committee members 468
Oaths of directors, officers and members of committees 469
Vacancies 470
Powers and duties of directors 471
Duty of directors and officers 472
Special duties of directors 473
Loan officers, credit committee 474
Loan reports to directors 475
Supervisory committee 476
Officers 477
Retirement and insurance benefits for officers and employees 478
Amendment of bylaws 479
Credit union not liable for taxation 480
Fiscal year 481
Communications from department of financial services must be submitted to directors and supervisory committee, and noted in the minutes 482
Reports to superintendent 483
Penalty for loans to non-members 484
Penalty for use of term “credit union” 485
Entries in books 486
Conversion of a federal credit union into a state credit union 486–A
Retention of special additional mortgage recording tax exemption for converted federal credit unions 487
Conversion of a credit union into a federal credit union 487–A
Conversion of a credit union into a mutual savings bank
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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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