NCUA Proposes Amendment to Rural District Definition in Chartering and Field of Membership Manual

Summary

The NCUA Board proposes to relax the population limit for a rural district, allowing it to be any area with a population of 200,000 or less, or 3% of the state's population, whichever is greater, in the NCUA's Chartering and Field of Membership Manual.

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