LCO 4113 1 of 2 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1255 January Session, 2025 LCO No. 4113 Referred to Committee on BANKING Introduced by: (BA) AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY BANK AND COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION INVESTMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE TREASURER. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 3-24j of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 2 As used in this section and sections 3-24k and 3-24l: 3 (1) "Community bank" means a bank [and trust company, savings 4 bank or savings and loan association chartered or organized under the 5 laws of this state] or out-of-state bank, as those terms are defined in 6 section 36a-2; and 7 (2) "Community credit union" means a [cooperative, nonprofit 8 financial institution that (A) is organized under chapter 667 and the 9 membership of which is limited as provided in section 36a-438a, (B) 10 operates for the benefit and general welfare of its members with the 11 earnings, benefits or services offered being distributed to or retained for 12 its members, and (C) is governed by a volunteer board of directors 13 Raised Bill No. 1255 LCO 4113 2 of 2 elected by and from its membership] Connecticut credit union or federal 14 credit union, as those terms are defined in section 36a-2. 15 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2025 3-24j BA Joint Favorable