{"data":{"id":"us/12-cfr-1261.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 CFR 1261.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this Subpart B:\nAdvisory Council means the Advisory Council each Bank is required to establish pursuant to section 10(j)(11) of the Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430(j)(11)), and part 1291 of this chapter.\nBona fide resident of a Bank district means an individual who:\n(1) Maintains a principal residence in the Bank district; or\n(2) If serving as an independent director, owns or leases in his or her own name a residence in the Bank district and is employed in a voting state in the Bank district.\nFHFA ID number means the number assigned to a member by FHFA and used by FHFA and the Banks to identify a particular member.\nIndependent directorship means a directorship, as defined by section 7(a)(4)(A) of the Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. 1427(a)(4)(A), that is filled by a plurality vote of the members at large by an individual having the qualifications specified by section 7(a)(3)(B)(i) or (ii), 12 U.S.C. 1427(a)(3)(B)(i) or (ii).\nMember directorship means a directorship, as defined by section 7(a)(4)(A) of the Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. 1427(a)(4)(A), that is filled by a plurality vote of the members located in a particular State by an individual who is an officer or director of a member located in that State.\nMethod of equal proportions means the mathematical formula used by FHFA to allocate member directorships among the States in a Bank's district based on the relative amounts of Bank stock required to be held as of the record date by members located in each State.\nPublic interest director means an individual serving in a public interest directorship.\nPublic interest directorship means an independent directorship filled by an individual with more than four years of experience representing consumer or community interests in banking services, credit needs, housing or consumer financial protections.\nRecord date means December 31 of the calendar year immediately preceding the election year.\nVoting State means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the State of the United States in which a member's principal place of business, as determined in accordance with 12 CFR part 1263, or any successor provision, is located as of the record date. The voting State of a member with a principal place of business located in the U.S. Virgin Islands as of the record date is Puerto Rico, and the voting State of a member with a principal place of business located in American Samoa, Guam, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as of the record date is Hawaii.","path":["Title 12—Banks and Banking","CHAPTER XII—FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER D—FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS","PART 1261—FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK DIRECTORS","Subpart B—Federal Home Loan Bank Boards of Directors: Eligibility and Elections"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-12.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:16Z","sha256":"218c5c30e422252cd6ac805ead011caf7168dc95589ad00b73788d9a52f04e8f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-cfr-1261.1","next":"us/12-cfr-1261.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}