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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Discretionary Courtesy Pay Policy

ST. LAWRENCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

DISCRETIONARY COURTESY PAY POLICY

It is the policy of St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union to comply with all applicable laws and regulations and to conduct business in accordance with applicable safety and soundness standards.

The Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure provided to you at the time you opened your account with us controls the duties, obligations and rights of the Depositor, the Authorized Signatories and St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union with regard to your checking account.  The Deposit Account Agreement (and all amendments thereto) and its terms shall control any possible conflict, if any, between any provision of this Discretionary Courtesy Pay Policy and the Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure.  A copy of the Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure is available to you on request from your St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union member service representative.

Overdraft privilege is not a line of credit.  However, if you inadvertently overdraw your account, we will have the discretion to pay the overdraft, subject to the limit of your overdraft privilege and the amount of the overdraft fee.  St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union is not obligated to pay any item presented for payment if your account does not contain sufficient available funds.  Any discretionary payment by St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union of an overdraft check (or items, such as ATM withdrawals) does not obligate St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union to pay any other overdraft check (or item), or to provide prior notice of its decision to refuse to pay such check (or item).

Pursuant to St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union’s commitment to always provide you with the best level of service, now and in the future, if your consumer account (primarily used for personal and household purposes) has been open for at least thirty (30) days, or if your commercial account has been open for at least sixty (60) days, and thereafter you maintain your account in good standing, which includes at least:

A)         Bringing your account balance to a positive balance within every thirty (30) day period for a minimum period of 24 hours;

B)         Not being in default on any loan or other obligation to St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union; and

C)         Not being subject to any legal or administrative order or levy.

St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union will have the discretion to pay overdrafts within the overdraft privilege limits, but payment by St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union is a discretionary courtesy and not a right of the Member or an obligation of St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union.  This privilege for consumer sharedraft/checking accounts will be limited to a maximum of $500.00 overdraft (negative) balance.  This privilege for commercial sharedraft/checking accounts will be limited to a maximum of $500.00 overdraft (negative) balance.  Of course, any and all fees and charges, including without limitation the non-sufficient funds fees (as set forth in our fee schedules and Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure), will be included as part of this maximum amount.

The total of the discretionary overdraft privilege (negative) balance, including any and all fees and charges, including all non-sufficient funds/overdraft fees is due and payable upon demand, and Depositor and each Authorized Signatory will continue to be liable, jointly and severally, for all such amounts, as described in the Deposit Account Agreement and Disclosure with a maximum repayment period of 30 days.

Again, while St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union will have the discretion to pay overdrafts on accounts in good standing (as described above), any such payment is a discretionary courtesy, and not a right of the Member or an obligation of St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union and St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union in its sole and absolute discretion, can cease paying overdrafts at any time without prior notice of reason or cause.

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