12 CFR § 611.1000 - General authority.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s611.1000"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 611.1000 - General authority."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "611.1000"
section_name: "General authority."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
part_number: "611"
part_name: "ORGANIZATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.12, 1.13, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.3A, 4.12, 4.12A, 4.15, 4.20, 4.25, 4.26, 4.27, 4.28A, 5.9, 5.17, 5.25, 7.0-7.3, 7.6-7.13, 8.5(e) of the Farm Credit Act (12 U.S.C. 2002, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2154a, 2183, 2184, 2203, 2208, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2243, 2252, 2261, 2279a-2279a-3, 2279b-2279f-1, 2279aa-5(e)); secs. 411 and 412, Pub. L. 100-233, 101 Stat. 1568, 1638, as amended by secs. 403 and 404, Pub. L. 100-399, 102 Stat. 989, 999 (12 U.S.C. 2071 note and 2202 note)."
regulatory_source: "37 FR 11415, June 7, 1972, unless otherwise noted."
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# 611.1000 General authority.

(a) An amendment to a Farm Credit bank charter may relate to any provision that is properly the subject of a charter, including, but not limited to, the name of the bank, the location of its offices, or the territory served.

(b) The FCA may make changes in the charter of a Farm Credit bank as may be requested by that bank and approved by the FCA pursuant to § 611.1010 of this part.

(c) The FCA may, on its own initiative, make changes in the charter of a Farm Credit bank, and any chartered service corporation thereof, where the FCA determines that the change is necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Act.

[80 FR 51116, Aug. 24, 2015]