35-17-312. Officers -- election -- bank as treasurer. (1) The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and treasurer who need not be directors, and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer. The treasurer may be a bank or any depositary, in which case it may not be considered an officer but instead a function of the board of directors, and the secretary shall perform the usual accounting duties of the treasurer, except that the funds must be deposited only as authorized by the board of directors.
(2) (a) If the bylaws provide, the directors may also elect from their number a presiding officer and one or more vice presiding officers, in which case the president and vice presidents need not be directors or stockholders.
(b) Any other officer may be chosen as provided in the bylaws.
History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 233, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6440, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 6440, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 14-413; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 130, L. 1999.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 17. Cooperative Agricultural Marketing
Part 3. Operation -- Members, Directors, and Officers
35-17-302. Stock -- issuance -- limitations on ownership and transfer -- repurchase by association
35-17-303. Limited liability of members
35-17-304. Expulsion of member
35-17-305. Meetings of members -- general and special -- how called -- notice -- one vote per member
35-17-306. through 35-17-310 reserved
35-17-311. Directors -- election -- compensation -- interest in contracts -- vacancies
35-17-312. Officers -- election -- bank as treasurer
35-17-313. Removal of officer or director
35-17-314. Referendum to membership of matters passed by board
35-17-315. Creation of capital reserve -- distribution of net earnings