{"id":"MT-041","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions, Commissioner Melanie G. Hall","authority":"Title 32, Mont. Code Ann.; Executive Orders 2-2020 and 2-2021 (recited)","instrument":"Supervisory Memorandum and Order Rescinding Proclamation (branch closure Proclamations of Mar. 13, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2021)","title":"Supervisory Memorandum to Montana State-Chartered Banks and Credit Unions: Proclamation Rescinded; Order Rescinding Proclamation","dateIssued":"2021-07-12","effective":"2021-07-12 (\u0027effective immediately\u0027)","end":"n/a (terminating instrument); the Proclamations it rescinds ran Mar. 13, 2020 to July 12, 2021","startDate":"2021-07-12","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","EMER"],"addressees":["state-chartered banks and credit unions"],"clause":"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":"\u0027Banks in Montana that need to close any office will need to follow the regular statutory procedure to do so\u0027","functions":["BR branches and lobbies (closure permitted Mar. 13, 2020 - July 12, 2021)","AT ATM and drive-up (required to continue)"],"notes":"Primary evidence that the banking regulator\u0027s emergency branch-closure authorization was in force on July 1, 2021 and ended July 12, 2021;","sourceUrl":"https://doa.mt.gov/_docs/bfid/Memos-and-Legal-Opinions/2021-07-12-Order_Rescinding_Proclamation.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":239326,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-041","citation":"Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions, Commissioner Melanie G. Hall, Supervisory Memorandum and Order Rescinding Proclamation (branch closure Proclamations of Mar. 13, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2021) (July 12, 2021) (Ex. MT-041)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-022"]}