SECTION 95.400. Requirements of Participating Credit Unions

(a) Every participating credit union shall give appropriate notice of the insurance status of its accounts printed in a manner acceptable to the commissioner. This notice shall be posted at all public entrances at each office and service facility (excluding shared branching facilities) and continuously displayed at each station or window (excluding automatic teller machines and point of sale terminals) where funds or deposits are normally received. At a minimum, the notice shall clearly and conspicuously disclose the following:

(1) That members' accounts are insured by an insuring organization;

(2) The name of the insuring organization;

(3) The extent of the insuring organization's share and deposit insurance protection; and

(4) That accounts are not insured or guaranteed by any government or government-sponsored agency.

(b) At the time an account is established, a participating credit union shall provide written notice to its members that the share or deposit account will be cooperatively insured or guaranteed by an insuring organization. The notice shall include a conspicuous statement that discloses that member accounts are not insured or guaranteed by any government or government-sponsored agency.

(c) The noticed required by paragraph (a) of this section shall also be displayed on a participating credit union's web site home page and any other page where it accepts deposits or opens accounts. The dimensions and font size of the notice required by this paragraph must be of a reasonable size and clearly legible.

(d) Every participating credit union shall also include, in any literature, advertising, or other marketing materials related to joining the credit union, or soliciting funds for a share or deposit account, a conspicuous statement that discloses that member accounts are not insured or guaranteed by any government or government-sponsored agency.

Source Note: The provisions of this §95.400 adopted to be effective March 7, 2007, 32 TexReg 1067