32-2-811. Failure to commence business. (1) Any mutual association that fails to commence business as a financial institution within 1 year after receiving a certificate of authorization forfeits that certificate and shall cease all activities. The commissioner shall certify to the secretary of state that the certificate of authority has been forfeited so that the mutual association's articles of incorporation may be terminated by the secretary of state.
(2) On forfeiture, the contributors of initial capital deposits of the mutual association are entitled to the return of any amounts they have paid to the institution, and all expenses incurred in the organization must be borne by the original organizers who were named in the application for permission to organize.
History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 431, L. 2021.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 32. Financial Institutions
Chapter 2. Mutual Savings and Loan Associations
Part 8. Formation and Reorganization
32-2-802. Notice of acceptance of application
32-2-803. Notice of proposed incorporation
32-2-804. Department investigation
32-2-805. Articles of incorporation
32-2-809. Review of application
32-2-810. Certificate of authority to commence business
32-2-811. Failure to commence business
32-2-812. through 32-2-815 reserved
32-2-817. Conversion into federal savings and loan association
32-2-818. Requirements of state mutual association
32-2-819. Directors -- meetings -- officers
32-2-820. Board of directors -- qualifications, tenure, and vacancies
32-2-821. Selection of officers and employees -- minutes of meetings
32-2-823. Right of examination by member
32-2-824. Federal savings association powers extended to state mutual associations
32-2-825. Surrender of charter by state mutual association
32-2-826. Membership in federal home loan bank
32-2-827. Merger of mutual associations