Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     7-6-207. Deposit security. (1) The local governing body may require security only for that portion of the deposits which is not guaranteed or insured according to law and, as to such unguaranteed or uninsured portion, to the extent of:
     (a) 50% of such deposits if the institution in which the deposit is made has a net worth to total assets ratio of 6% or more; or
     (b) 100% if the institution in which the deposit is made has a net worth to total assets ratio of less than 6%. The security shall consist of those enumerated in 17-6-103 or cashier's checks issued to the depository institution by any federal reserve bank.
     (2) When negotiable securities are furnished, such securities may be placed in trust. The trustee's receipt may be accepted in lieu of the actual securities when such receipt is in favor of the treasurer or town clerk and his successors. All warrants or other negotiable securities must be properly assigned or endorsed in blank. It is the duty of the appropriate governing body, upon the acceptance and approval of any of the above-mentioned bonds or securities, to make a complete minute entry of the acceptance and approval upon the record of their proceedings, and the bonds and securities shall be reapproved at least quarter-annually thereafter.

     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(2), (3); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 158, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 252, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 274, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 287, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 620, L. 1985.

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