Montana § 32-4-208 - Stock Ownership And Limitations

§ 32-4-208. Stock Ownership And Limitations

Stock ownership and limitations. Notwithstanding any rule at common law or any provision of any general or special law or any provision in their respective charters, agreements of association, articles of organization, or trust indentures: (1) all persons, domestic corporations organized for the purpose of carrying on business within this state, including without implied limitation any public utility companies and insurance and casualty companies and foreign corporations licensed to do business in the state, and trusts are hereby authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any bonds, securities, or other evidences of indebtedness created by, or the shares of the capital stock of, the corporation and, while owners of said stock, to exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon, all without the approval of any regulatory authority of the state; (2) all financial institutions are hereby authorized to become members of the corporation by making loans to the corporation as provided herein; (3) a financial institution which does not become a member of the corporation shall not be permitted to acquire any share of the capital stock of the corporation; (4) each financial institution which becomes a member of the corporation is hereby authorized to acquire, purchase, hold, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, or otherwise dispose of any bonds, securities, or other evidences of indebtedness created by, or the shares of the capital stock of, the corporation and, while owners of said stock, to exercise all the rights, powers, and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon, all without the approval of any regulatory authority of the state.