Montana Code Annotated 1995

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     7-6-201. Deposit of public funds in financial institutions. (1) Except as provided in 7-6-202, 7-6-206, or 7-6-2701, it shall be the duty of all county and city treasurers and town clerks to deposit all public money in their possession and under their control in any solvent banks, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, or credit unions located in the county, city, or town of which such treasurer is an officer, subject to national supervision or state examination as the local governing body may designate, and no other.
     (2) Said local governing body is hereby authorized to deposit such public money not necessary for immediate use by such county, city, or town in a savings or time deposit with any bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized above or in a repurchase agreement as authorized in 7-6-213.
     (3) The treasurer or town clerk shall take from such bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or credit union such security as the local governing body may prescribe, approve, and deem fully sufficient and necessary to insure the safety and prompt payment of all such deposits, together with the interest on any time or savings deposits.
     (4) All such deposits shall be subject to withdrawal by the treasurer or town clerk in such amounts as may be necessary from time to time. No deposit of funds shall be made or permitted to remain in any bank, building and loan association, savings and loan association, or credit union until the security for such deposits shall have been first approved by the local governing body and delivered to the treasurer or town clerk.

     History: En. Sec. 4367, Pol. C. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 5, L. 1903; amd. Sec. 3003, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 88, L. 1913; re-en. Sec. 4767, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pol. C. Sec. 4161; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 89, L. 1923; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 137, L. 1925; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 134, L. 1927; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 49, L. 1929; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 23, Ex. L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 4767, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 50, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 66, L. 1961; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 40, L. 1963; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 32, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 258, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 499, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 43, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 348, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 160, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 28, Ch. 213, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 304; L. 1975; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 539, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2618(part); amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 329, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 421, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1989.

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