33-1-304. Delegation of authority -- responsibility. (1) The commissioner may delegate to any deputy, assistant, examiner, or employee of the commissioner's department the exercise or discharge in the commissioner's name of any power, duty, or function, whether ministerial or discretionary, vested by this code in the commissioner.
(2) The commissioner is responsible for the official acts of the commissioner's deputy, assistant, examiner, or employee acting in the commissioner's name and by the commissioner's authority.
History: En. Sec. 25, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-2706; amd. Sec. 1062, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies
Chapter 1. Administration and General Provisions
Part 3. Commissioner and Department General Powers and Duties
33-1-301. Insurance department -- control -- appropriations
33-1-303. Deputies and assistants -- employment, compensation, and termination
33-1-304. Delegation of authority -- responsibility
33-1-305. Conflicts of interest prohibited
33-1-306. Dual contracts permitted
33-1-307. through 33-1-310 reserved
33-1-311. General powers and duties
33-1-312. Records and certificates
33-1-315. Witnesses -- production of records -- subpoena -- failure to respond
33-1-316. Testimony compelled -- immunity from prosecution