Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 32. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1. BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES

Part 4. Operation and Regulation

Loans To Managing Officer

32-1-467. Loans to managing officer. (1) A bank may extend credit to a managing officer of the bank:

(a) in any amount to finance the education of the managing officer's children;

(b) in any amount to finance the purchase, construction, maintenance, or improvement of a residence of the managing officer if the extension of credit is secured by a first lien on the residence and the residence is:

(i) owned by the managing officer; or

(ii) expected to be owned by the managing officer after the extension of credit; and

(c) for any other purpose not specified in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) if the aggregate amount of loans to that individual under this subsection (1) does not exceed at any one time the greater of 2.5% of the bank's capital and unimpaired surplus or $25,000. However, in no event may the aggregate amount of loans to the individual exceed $100,000.

(2) The department may adopt rules to address loans made before October 1, 1993, and to define capital and unimpaired surplus for purposes of 32-1-465 and this section.

History: En. Sec. 45, Ch. 89, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6014.49, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 5-524; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 395, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, Sp. L. November 1993.