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[CITE: 12USC2184]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                     CHAPTER 23--FARM CREDIT SYSTEM
 
     SUBCHAPTER IV--PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF 
                       INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM
 
                           Part B--Dissolution
 
Sec. 2184. Communications with stockholders


(a) Provision of stockholder lists

                           (1) In general

        Within 7 days after receipt of a written request by a 
    stockholder, a bank for cooperatives, Federal land bank association, 
    or production credit association shall provide a current list of its 
    stockholders to such requesting stockholder.

                           (2) Conditions

        As a condition of providing a stockholder list under paragraph 
    (1), the bank or association may require that the stockholder agree 
    and certify in writing that the stockholder will--
            (A) use the list exclusively for communicating with 
        stockholders for permissible purposes; and
            (B) not make the list available to any person, other than 
        the stockholder's attorney or accountant, without first 
        obtaining the written consent of the institution.

(b) Alternative communications

                        (1) Request to issue

        As an alternative to receiving a list of stockholders, a 
    stockholder may request the institution to mail or otherwise furnish 
    to each stockholder a communication for a permissible purpose on 
    behalf of the requesting stockholder.

                        (2) When permissible

        Alternative communications may be used, at the discretion of the 
    requesting stockholder, if the requester agrees to defray the 
    reasonable costs of the communication. If the requester decides to 
    exercise this option, the institution shall provide the requester 
    with a written estimate of the costs of handling and mailing the 
    communication as soon as is practicable after receipt of the 
    stockholder's request to furnish the communication.

(Pub. L. 92-181, title IV, Sec. 4.12A, as added Pub. L. 100-233, title 
IV, Sec. 420, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1653.)
