SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   December 20, 2013

CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-33003
 
20-5120010
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer I.D. Number)

2174 EastRidge Center, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin
 
 
54701
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

715-836-9994
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.03 .    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year .

   Effective December 20, 2013, the Board of Directors of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the " Company ") amended the Bylaws of the Company to grant the Board more flexibility when setting the date of the annual meeting of stockholders in any given year.  A copy of the amendment to the Bylaws of the Company is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.


Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 .   Financial Statements and Exhibits .

(d)    Exhibits.  The following exhibit is being filed herewith:

   99.1 -- Amendment to the Bylaws of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. effective as of December 20, 2013.


 
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SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.
Date:  December 26, 2013
BY /s/ Mark Oldenberg                                                       
      Mark Oldenberg, Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT 99.1
AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF
 
CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANCORP, INC.

 
Effective as of December 20, 2013, the Board of Directors of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") hereby amends ARTICLE I - STOCKHOLDERS, Section 1 - ANNUAL MEETING of the Bylaws of the Company and restates such Section in its entirety as follows:
 
"Section 1.  ANNUAL MEETING.
 
The annual meeting of the stockholders of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation") shall be held each year at such place, on such date, and at such time during the 31-day period beginning on the 31st in January of each year as the Board of Directors shall fix, in their discretion, or at such other time and date as may be fixed by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and as designated in the notice thereof, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The business to be transacted at the annual meeting shall include the election of directors, consideration of the report of the President, and any other business properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Corporation's Charter and Bylaws. The failure to hold an annual meeting does not invalidate the Corporation's existence or affect any otherwise valid corporate act."