Montana Code Annotated
Part 2. Licensure Procedures -- Board of Directors
32-11-207. License -- display -- transfer or assignment -- surrender

32-11-207. License -- display -- transfer or assignment -- surrender. (1) A licensee shall post the license in a conspicuous place in the licensee's principal office.
(2) A licensee may not transfer or assign its license.
(3) Upon approval by a two-thirds vote of its board of directors and after complying with subsections (4) and (5), a licensee may apply to the department to have the department accept the surrender of the licensee's license. If the department determines that the requirements of subsections (4) and (5) have been satisfied, the department shall approve the application unless the department determines that the purpose of the application is to evade a current or prospective action by the department under 32-11-104, 32-11-402 through 32-11-407, and 32-11-411 through 32-11-413.
(4) Not less than 60 days before filing an application under subsection (3), a licensee shall notify all of its shareholders and creditors of its intention to file the application. Each creditor must be notified of the right to comment to the department. Each shareholder must be notified of the right to file with the licensee an objection to the proposed surrender of the license within the 60-day period and must be advised that, if the shareholder files an objection, the shareholder may also send a copy of the objection to the department.
(5) If shareholders representing 20% of the outstanding voting securities of the licensee file an objection with the licensee, the licensee may not proceed with the application unless the application is approved by a vote of shareholders representing two-thirds of the outstanding voting securities of the licensee.
History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 411, L. 2007.

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