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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>374331</law_id><section_number>6.2-811</section_number><catch_line>Membership in Federal Reserve Bank System or Federal Home Loan Bank System</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="10" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Incorporation and Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> that has been or is hereafter incorporated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, at its election, may become a member <span class="dictionary">bank</span> of the Federal Reserve <span class="dictionary">Bank</span> System, subject to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act (P.L. 63-43, 38 Stat. 251) as it may be amended to permit a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to become a member, or the Federal Home Loan <span class="dictionary">Bank</span> System, subject to the provisions of the Federal Home Loan <span class="dictionary">Bank</span> Act (P.L. 72-304, 47 Stat. 785) as it may be amended to permit a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> to become a member, or both. Upon becoming a member of either system, the <span class="dictionary">bank</span> shall be vested with all powers conferred upon state member <span class="dictionary">banks</span> of such systems by the terms of such acts. The powers shall be exercised subject to all restrictions and limitations imposed by the Federal Reserve Act or the Federal Home Loan <span class="dictionary">Bank</span> Act, or by regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Housing Finance Board, respectively, adopted pursuant to such acts. The right is expressly reserved to revoke or <span class="dictionary">amend</span> the powers conferred pursuant to this section. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may disclose to the Federal Reserve Board, or to examiners duly appointed by it, all information in reference to the affairs of any <span class="dictionary">bank</span> which has become, or desires to become a member of the system.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-24; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-8; 1993, c. 182; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
