Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 32. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 3. CREDIT UNIONS

Part 6. Loans and Insurance

Share Insurance

32-3-611. Share insurance. (1) Each credit union shall maintain insurance on its share accounts under the provisions of Title II of the Federal Credit Union Act or through a legally constituted insurance plan approved by the commissioner of insurance and the department of administration.

(2) A credit union may not begin operation or transact any business until proof that it has obtained insurance under the provisions of Title II of the Federal Credit Union Act or under an approved insurance plan has been furnished to the department.

(3) A credit union operating in violation of this section is subject to an order of suspension as provided for in 32-3-205.

(4) Subject to the provisions of 32-3-207, the department shall make available reports of condition and examination reports to the national credit union administration or any official of an insurance plan and may accept any report of examination made on behalf of the national credit union administration or insurance plan official. The department may appoint the national credit union administration or any official of an insurance plan as liquidating agent of an insured credit union.

History: En. 14-658 by Sec. 58, Ch. 38, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 14-658; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 36, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 522, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 95, Ch. 483, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 237, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 3, L. 2019.