Montana Title 32. Financial Institutions § 32-1-907. Suspension or prohibition effective upon service--stay

(1) With respect to any board member or officer of an institution or any other person to whom notice is sent pursuant to 32-1-905, if the director considers it necessary for the protection of the institution or the interests of its depositors that the board member, officer, or other person be suspended from office or prohibited from further participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the institution, the director may serve upon the board member, officer, or other person a written notice suspending the member, officer, or person from office or prohibiting the member, officer, or person from further participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the institution. The notice must contain a statement of the facts constituting grounds for the order and must fix a time, not later than 14 days from the date of the service of the notice, at which a hearing will be held to afford the board member, officer, or other person the opportunity to respond. The suspension or prohibition is effective upon service of the notice and unless stayed by a court in proceedings authorized by subsection (2) remains in effect until the completion of the administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice served under 32-1-904, until the time that the director dismisses the charges specified in the notice, or until the order of removal or prohibition that is issued against the board member, officer, or other person becomes effective. Copies of the notice must also be served upon the institution of which the person is a director or officer or in the conduct of whose affairs the person has participated.

(2) Within 14 days after the hearing provided for in subsection (1), the board member, officer, or other person may apply to the district court for the county in which the home office of the institution is located for a stay of the suspension or prohibition pending the completion of the administrative proceedings pursuant to the notice served upon the board member, officer, or other person under 32-1-904. The court has jurisdiction to stay the suspension or prohibition.