32-1-361. Change from state to national bank. - Montana Statutes

     32-1-361. Change from state to national bank. (1) A bank may become a corporation for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking in this state, under the act of congress "to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof", approved June 3, 1864, and under Title 52 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, when:
     (a) stockholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the bank vote to become a national bank corporation or execute a written consent authorizing its directors to make the certificate required therefor by the laws of the United States; or
     (b) a majority of the directors of the bank, authorized in their discretion to make the change, by a vote of the majority decide to become a national bank corporation.
     (2) The cashier of the bank shall:
     (a) publish notice of the change once a week for 4 consecutive weeks in the newspaper that the directors select;
     (b) send a printed notice by mail or otherwise to all nonvoting or dissenting stockholders; and
     (c) notify the department that the bank has decided to become a corporation under the laws of the United States.

     History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 89, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6014.86, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 431, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 71, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 5-1002; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 395, L. 1993.