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MT Code § 35-1-1307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1307. Repealed

  35-1-1307. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 15, Ch. 368, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-1-1308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1308. Repealed

  35-1-1308. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 75, L. 2003.
MT Code § 35-1-1309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1309. Repealed

  35-1-1309. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 75, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 71, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 33, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 240, L. 2007.
MT Code § 35-1-1310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1310. Repealed

  35-1-1310. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1278, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 35-1-1311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1311. Repealed

  35-1-1311. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 368, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-1-1312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1312. Repealed

  35-1-1312. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 368, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 7, L. 2001.
MT Code § 35-1-1313 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1313. and 35-1-1314 reserved

  35-1-1313 and 35-1-1314 reserved.
MT Code § 35-1-1315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 13. Secretary of State (Repealed)|35-1-1315. Repealed

  35-1-1315. Repealed. Secs. 269, 274, Ch. 271, L. 2019.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 75, L. 2003.
MT Code § 35-1-1401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1401. Short title

  35-1-1401. Short title. This part may be known and may be cited as the "Montana Benefit Corporation Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-1-1403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1403. Purpose

  35-1-1403. Purpose. (1) The purpose of a benefit corporation is to create general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to and may be a limitation on the corporation's purpose under 35-14-301 and any specific public benefit purpose set forth in the corporation's articles of incorporation in accordance with subsection (2).   (2) In addition to the applicable provisions required under 35-14-202, the articles of incorporation of a benefit corporation must contain the following statement: "This corporation is a benefit corporation." The articles of incorporation of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits as the purpose or purposes of the benefit corporation. The identification of a specific public benefit under this subsection does not limit the obligation of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit.   (3) The creation of general public benefit and one or more specific public benefits as provided in subsections (1) and (2) is considered to be in the best interests of the benefit corporation.   (4) A benefit corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit as a purpose of the benefit corporation to create. The amendment is effective only if the amendment is adopted by at least the minimum status vote.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 306, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 240, Ch. 271, L. 2019.
MT Code § 35-1-1404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1404. Applicability

  35-1-1404. Applicability. (1) Unless otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of Title 35, chapter 1, apply to all benefit corporations.   (2) The provisions of this part do not:   (a) imply that a contrary or different rule of law does or would apply to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation; or   (b) affect any provision of this part that does or would apply to a corporation that is not a benefit corporation.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-1-1405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1405. Benefit corporation -- formation

  35-1-1405. Benefit corporation -- formation. A benefit corporation may be formed in accordance with this part. The articles of incorporation must:   (1) state that the corporation is a benefit corporation; and   (2) identify any specific public benefits adopted pursuant to 35-1-1403.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-1-1407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1407. Conversion to benefit corporation

  35-1-1407. Conversion to benefit corporation. (1) A corporation may become a benefit corporation under this part by amending the corporation's articles of incorporation to include a statement that the corporation is a benefit corporation. The amendment is effective only if it is adopted by at least the minimum status vote. If the amendment is adopted, a shareholder of the corporation may require the corporation to purchase at fair market value the shares owned by the shareholder as provided for in 35-14-1302.   (2) If a corporation or other entity that is not a benefit corporation is a constituent corporation or entity in a merger reorganization or is the acquired corporation or entity in an exchange reorganization and the surviving corporation in the merger or exchange reorganization is to be a benefit corporation or the articles of incorporation of the acquired corporation or entity are to be amended in the merger or exchange reorganization to provide that the newly formed corporation will be a benefit corporation, the reorganization is effective only if it is approved by the newly formed corporation or other entity by at least the minimum status vote.   (3) If any other entity is a party to a merger reorganization and the surviving corporation in the reorganization is to be a benefit corporation, the reorganization is effective only if the reorganization is approved by the other entity by at least the minimum status vote.   (4) If another entity is the converting entity in a conversion in which the converted corporation is a benefit corporation, the conversion is effective only if the conversion is approved by the other entity by at least the minimum status vote.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 306, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 242, Ch. 271, L. 2019.
MT Code § 35-1-1408 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1408. Termination -- reorganization -- other actions affecting benefit corporation

  35-1-1408. Termination -- reorganization -- other actions affecting benefit corporation. (1) A benefit corporation may terminate its status as a benefit corporation and cease to be subject to this part by deleting from the benefit corporation's articles of incorporation the statement and identification of public benefits required under 35-1-1405. The amendment is effective only if the amendment is adopted by at least the minimum status vote. If the amendment is adopted, a shareholder of the corporation may require the corporation to purchase at fair market value the shares owned by the shareholder as provided for in 35-14-1302.   (2) If a reorganization of a benefit corporation would terminate the status of the corporation as a benefit corporation, the reorganization is effective only if the reorganization is approved by at least the minimum status vote.   (3) If a benefit corporation is the converting corporation in a conversion, the conversion is effective only if the conversion is approved by at least the minimum status vote.   (4) A sale, lease, conveyance, exchange, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a benefit corporation, unless the transaction is in the usual and ordinary course of business of the benefit corporation, is effective only if the transaction is approved by at least the minimum status vote. If a transaction described in this subsection is not in the usual and ordinary course of business and is approved, a shareholder of the corporation may require the corporation to purchase at fair market value the shares owned by the shareholder as provided in 35-14-1302.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 306, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 243, Ch. 271, L. 2019.
MT Code § 35-1-1409 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1409. Officers -- duty -- limits

  35-1-1409. Officers -- duty -- limits. (1) Each officer of a benefit corporation shall consider the interests and factors described in 35-1-1406 in the manner provided in 35-1-1406 whenever the officer:   (a) has discretion to act with respect to a matter; and   (b) reasonably believes that the matter may have a material effect on:   (i) the creation of general public benefit or a specific public benefit by the benefit corporation; or   (ii) any of the interests or factors referred to in 35-1-1406(2).   (2) The consideration by an officer of interests and factors in the manner described in subsection (1) does not constitute a violation of the duties of the officer.   (3) An officer is not liable for monetary damages under this part for:   (a) any action taken as an officer if the officer performed the duties of the position in compliance with this section; or   (b) any failure of the benefit corporation to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.   (4) An officer does not have a fiduciary duty to a person who is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or a specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation arising from the status of the person as a beneficiary.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-1-1411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1411. Ownership certificates

  35-1-1411. Ownership certificates. In addition to all other legal requirements, each certificate representing shares of a benefit corporation must have conspicuously printed on the face of the certificate: "This entity is a benefit corporation organized under 35-1-1401 through 35-1-1412 of the Montana Code Annotated."   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-1-1412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 1. Montana Benefit Corporation Act|Part 14. Benefit Corporations|35-1-1412. Enforcement

  35-1-1412. Enforcement. (1) A person may bring an action or assert a claim against a benefit corporation or its directors or officers only through a benefit enforcement proceeding under this section.   (2) A benefit enforcement proceeding may be commenced or maintained:   (a) directly by the benefit corporation; or   (b) derivatively by:   (i) a shareholder;   (ii) a director;   (iii) a person or group of persons that owns beneficially or of record 5% or more of the equity interests in an entity of which the benefit corporation is a subsidiary; or   (iv) any other person who may be specified in the articles of incorporation of the benefit corporation.   (3) A benefit corporation is not liable for monetary damages for any failure of the benefit corporation to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.   (4) If the court in a benefit enforcement proceeding finds that a failure to comply with this part was without justification, the court may award an amount sufficient to reimburse the plaintiff for the reasonable expenses incurred by the plaintiff, including attorney fees and expenses, in connection with the benefit enforcement proceeding.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 306, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-101. Renumbered 35-2-113

  35-2-101. Renumbered 35-2-113. Sec. 175, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-102. Repealed

  35-2-102. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2302; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 273, L. 1989.
MT Code § 35-2-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-103. Repealed

  35-2-103. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2303(part).
MT Code § 35-2-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-104. Repealed

  35-2-104. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 96, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2396.
MT Code § 35-2-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-105. Repealed

  35-2-105. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 95, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2395.
MT Code § 35-2-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-106. Repealed

  35-2-106. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 198, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 106, Ch. 349, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 319, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2304.
MT Code § 35-2-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-107. Repealed

  35-2-107. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2305.
MT Code § 35-2-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-108. Repealed

  35-2-108. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 26, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2326.
MT Code § 35-2-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-109. Repealed

  35-2-109. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 94, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2394.
MT Code § 35-2-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-110. Repealed

  35-2-110. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2306; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 202, L. 1979.
MT Code § 35-2-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-111. Repealed

  35-2-111. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 92, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1945, 15-2392.
MT Code § 35-2-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-112. Repealed

  35-2-112. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. 15-2398 by Sec. 2, Ch. 332, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2398.
MT Code § 35-2-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-113. Short title

  35-2-113. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Montana Nonprofit Corporation Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2301; Sec. 35-2-101, MCA 1989; redes. 35-2-113 by Sec. 175, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-115 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-115. Notice

  35-2-115. Notice. (1) Notice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances.   (2) (a) Notice may be communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, facsimile, or other form of electronic, wire, or wireless communication, or by mail or private carrier.   (b) If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where it is published or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication.   (3) Written notice by a domestic or foreign corporation to its members, if in a comprehensible form, is effective when delivered or mailed if it is mailed postpaid and correctly addressed to the member's address shown in the corporation's current record of members.   (4) Written notice to a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be addressed to:   (a) its registered agent; or   (b) the corporation or its secretary at its principal office shown in its most recent annual report or, in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered an annual report, in its application for a certificate of authority.   (5) Except as provided in subsections (3) and (4), written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:   (a) when received;   (b) 5 days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if it is mailed postpaid and with correct postage; or   (c) on the date shown on the return receipt, if it is sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.   (6) Oral notice is effective when communicated if it is communicated in a comprehensible manner.   (7) If this chapter prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements govern. If the articles of incorporation or bylaws prescribe notice requirements that are consistent with this section or other provisions of this chapter, those requirements govern.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 240, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 190, L. 2013.
MT Code § 35-2-116 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-116. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

  35-2-116. Reservation of power to amend or repeal. The legislature has power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time, and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to this chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-117 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-117. Purposes

  35-2-117. Purposes. (1) A corporation incorporated under this chapter has the purpose of engaging in any lawful activity unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of incorporation.   (2) A corporation engaging in an activity that is subject to regulation under another statute of this state may incorporate under this chapter only if the incorporation under this chapter is not prohibited by the other statute. The corporation is subject to all limitations of the other statute.   History: En. Sec. 28, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-119 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 1. General|35-2-119. Filing requirements

  35-2-119. Filing requirements. All of the following requirements must be met before a document may be filed under this section by the secretary of state:   (1) A document that is required or permitted by this chapter to be filed in the office of the secretary of state must satisfy the requirements of this section and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements.   (2) The document must contain the information required by this chapter. The document may contain other information as well.   (3) The document must be typewritten or printed unless an electronic form is allowed by the secretary of state.   (4) The document must be in the English language. However, a corporate name does not need to be in English if it is written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.   (5) (a) Except as provided in subsection (5)(b), the document must be executed:   (i) by the presiding officer of the corporation's board of directors, its president, or another of its officers;   (ii) if directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or   (iii) if the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.   (b) (i) A corporation's annual report may be executed as provided in subsection (5)(a) or by the corporation's authorized agent.   (ii) For the purposes of this subsection (5)(b), "authorized agent" means any individual granted permission by an entity to execute a document on behalf of the entity. The entity is responsible for maintaining a record of the permission granted to an authorized agent.   (6) The person executing the document shall sign the document and state beneath or opposite the signature the person's name and the capacity in which the person signs. The document may but does not need to contain the corporate seal, an attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary, or an acknowledgment, verification, or proof.   (7) The document must be in or on the prescribed form if the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for a document under 35-2-1108.   (8) Except as provided in 33-3-601, the document must be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and must be accompanied by:   (a) the correct filing fee; and   (b) any franchise tax, license fee, or penalty required by this chapter, rules promulgated under this chapter, or other law.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 71, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 33, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 190, L. 2013; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 42, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 48, Ch. 151, L. 2017.