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Supervisory Memorandum and Order Rescinding Proclamation (branch closure Proclamations of Mar. 13, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2021)

Supervisory Memorandum to Montana State-Chartered Banks and Credit Unions: Proclamation Rescinded; Order Rescinding Proclamation

Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions, Commissioner Melanie G. Hall · Montana (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Montana
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Title 32, Mont. Code Ann.; Executive Orders 2-2020 and 2-2021 (recited)
Issued
2021-07-12 July 12, 2021
Effective
2021-07-12 ('effective immediately') (read as 2021-07-12)
End
n/a (terminating instrument); the Proclamations it rescinds ran Mar. 13, 2020 to July 12, 2021
In force
July 12, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationOther
Addressees
  • state-chartered banks and credit unions
Functions reached
  • BR branches and lobbies (closure permitted Mar. 13, 2020 - July 12, 2021)
  • AT ATM and drive-up (required to continue)
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

Whereas, on March 13, 2020, and on January 15, 2021, the Commissioner of the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions issued a Proclamation based on the state of emergency due to COVID-19 in Montana. The Proclamation allowed all state chartered banks and credit unions to close any office, if the institution deemed it necessary to protect the health and safety of their employees and customers. Institutions had to continue to provide essential banking services to customers through ATMs, drive through windows and/or mobile banking applications.... Now, therefore, I, Melanie G. Hall, Commissioner... hereby rescind the proclamation dated January 15, 2021, effective immediately.

Enforcement

'Banks in Montana that need to close any office will need to follow the regular statutory procedure to do so'

Notes

Primary evidence that the banking regulator's emergency branch-closure authorization was in force on July 1, 2021 and ended July 12, 2021;

Retrieval note

The exhibit is the July 12, 2021 rescission reciting the Proclamation chain (Mar. 13, 2020 - July 12, 2021); the quarters listed are those of the branch-closure Proclamations it recites and rescinds, which are not separately retrieved.

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