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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-630—NOV. 10, 1978 as those who have been suspended cease to be directors of the credit union and their respective successors have been elected by the members at an annual or special meeting and have taken office. Directors appointed temporarily by the Administrator shall, within thirty days following their appomtment, call a special meeting for the election of new directors, unless during the thirty-day period (A) the regular annual meeting is scheduled, or (B) the suspensions giving rise to the appointment of temporary directors are terminated. "(3) Within thirty days from service of any notice of suspension or order of removal issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, the director, committee member, officer, or other person concerned may request in writing an opportunity to appear before the Administrator to show that the continued service to or participation in the conduct of the affairs of the credit union by such individual does not, or is not likely to, pose a threat to the interests of the credit union's members or threaten to impair public confidence in the credit union. Upon receipt of any such request, the Administrator shall fix a time (not more than thirty days after receipt of such request, unless extended at the request of the concerned director, committee member, officer, or other person) and place at which the director, committee member, officer, or other person may appear, personally or through counsel, before the Administrator or his designee to submit written materials (or, at the discretion of the Administrator, oral testimony) and oral arg-ument. Within sixty days of such hearing, the Administrator shall notify the director, committee member, officer, or other person whether the suspension or prohibition from participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the credit union will be continued, terminated or otherwise modified, or whether the order removing said director, committee member, officer, or other person from office or prohibiting such individual from further participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the credit union will be rescinded or otherwise modified. Such notification shall contain a statement of the basis for the Administrator's decision, if adverse to the director, committee member, officer, or other person. The Administrator is authorized to prescribe such rules as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subsection.". (2) Section 206(i)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C I786(i)(l)) is amended by inserting after "Any hearing provided for in this section" the following: "(other than the hearing provided for in subsection (h)(3) of this section)". (3) Section 206(i)(2) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 1786(i)(2)) is amended by inserting " (1)" after "subsection (h)". SEC. 112'. Section 4(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1843(c)) is amended by striking out "The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to any bank holding company which is (i) a labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization and which is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "The prohibitions in this section shall not apply tb (i) any company that was on January 4, 1977, both a bank holding company and a labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or to any labor, agricultural, or horticultural organization to which all or substantially all of the assets of such company are hereafter transferred,". SEC. 113. The third sentence of the second paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 412) is amended by striking the

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