35-2-528. Court-ordered meeting. (1) The district court for the judicial district of the county where a corporation's principal office is located or, if the principal office is not located in this state, in Lewis and Clark County may summarily order a meeting to be held:
(a) on application of a member or other person entitled to participate in an annual or regular meeting and, in the case of a public benefit corporation, the attorney general, if an annual meeting was not held within the earlier of 6 months after the end of the corporation's fiscal year or 15 months after its last annual meeting;
(b) on application of a member or other person entitled to participate in a regular meeting and, in the case of a public benefit corporation, the attorney general, if a regular meeting is not held within 40 days after the date it was required to be held; or
(c) on application of a member who signed a demand for a special meeting valid under 35-2-527, a person entitled to call a special meeting and, in the case of a public benefit corporation, the attorney general, if:
(i) notice of the special meeting was not given within 30 days after the date the demand was delivered to a corporate officer; or
(ii) the special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice.
(2) The court may fix the time and place of the meeting, specify a record date for determining members entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, fix the quorum required for specific matters to be considered at the meeting or direct that the votes represented at the meeting constitute a quorum for action on those matters, and enter other orders necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting.
(3) If the court orders a meeting, it may also order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable attorney fees, incurred to obtain the order.
History: En. Sec. 60, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 240, L. 2007.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations
Part 5. Members -- Delegates -- Voting
35-2-512. No requirement of members
35-2-513. Differences in rights and obligations of members
35-2-516. Member's liability to third parties
35-2-517. Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees
35-2-518. Creditor's action against member
35-2-520. Termination, expulsion, and suspension
35-2-522. Purchase of memberships
35-2-525. Homeowners association -- remote meetings
35-2-526. Annual and regular meetings
35-2-528. Court-ordered meeting
35-2-529. Action by written consent
35-2-532. Record date -- determining members entitled to notice and vote
35-2-533. Action by written ballot
35-2-535. Members' list for meeting
35-2-536. Voting entitlement generally
35-2-540. Cumulative voting for directors -- exception
35-2-541. Other methods of electing directors
35-2-542. Corporation's acceptance of votes
35-2-544. through 35-2-549 reserved
35-2-550. Unincorporated homeowners' association -- remote meetings