# Chartering and Field of Membership
> **US National Credit Union Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2018-06-28 · Effective 2018-09-01 · 83 FR 30289
## Document
- **Document number:** 2018-13869
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US National Credit Union Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 83 FR 30289
- **CFR reference:** 12 CFR 701
- **Publication date:** 2018-06-28
- **Effective date:** 2018-09-01
## Abstract

The NCUA Board (Board) is amending its chartering and field of membership rules with respect to applicants for a community charter approval, expansion or conversion. The Board will allow the option for an applicant to submit a narrative to establish the existence of a well-defined local community instead of limiting the applicant to a presumptive statistical community. Also, the Board will hold a public hearing for narrative applications where the proposed community exceeds a population of 2.5 million people. Further, for communities that are subdivided into metropolitan divisions, the Board will permit an applicant to designate a portion of the area as its community without regard to division boundaries.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/28/2018-13869/chartering-and-field-of-membership)
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