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# 12 U.S.C. § 2205 - Interest rates
## Text
Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall not be subject to any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws. Such limitation is preempted for purposes of this chapter. Interest rates on loans made by agricultural credit corporations organized in conjunction with cooperative associations for the purpose of financing the ordinary crop operations of the members of such associations or other producers and eligible to discount with the Farm Credit Banks shall be exempt from any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92181, title IV, § 4.17, as added Pub. L. 96592, title IV, § 403, Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3446; amended Pub. L. 99205, title II, § 205(f)(6), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1706; Pub. L. 99509, title I, § 1035, Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1878; Pub. L. 100399, title IX, § 901(h), Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 115334, title V, § 5411(24), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4682.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115334 struck out “Federal intermediate credit banks and” before “Farm Credit Banks”. 1988—Pub. L. 100399 substituted “and Farm Credit Banks” for “pursuant to section 2074 of this title”. 1986—Pub. L. 99509 substituted first two sentences for former first sentence which read as follows: “Interest rates on loans from institutions of the Farm Credit System shall be determined with the approval of, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title, the Farm Credit Administration as provided in this chapter, notwithstanding any interest rate limitation imposed by any State constitution or statute or other laws which are hereby preempted for purposes of this chapter.” 1985—Pub. L. 99205 inserted “, as provided in section 2252(a)(5) of this title,” after “with the approval of” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100399 effective immediately after amendment made by section 401 of Pub. L. 100233, which was effective 6 months after Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(b) of Pub. L. 100399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.
Effective Date of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99205 effective thirty days after Dec. 23, 1985, see section 401 of Pub. L. 99205, set out as a note under section 2001 of this title.