| B. Is accompanied by a certificate of existence or a | document of similar import duly authenticated by the | Secretary of State secretary of state or other official | having custody of corporate records in the state or country | under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated. | Such The certificate of existence shall must have been made | not more than 90 days prior to the delivery of the | application for filing. |
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| | Sec. B-49. 13-C MRSA §403, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 5. Qualify as foreign corporation. A foreign corporation | whose registration is effective may, after the registration is | effective, qualify as a foreign corporation under the registered | name or may consent in writing to the use of that name by a | corporation incorporated under subject to this Act or by another | foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this | State. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation | is incorporated or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents | to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the | registered name. |
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| | Sec. B-50. 13-C MRSA §404, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | 1. Assumed name; defined. As used in this section, "assumed | name" includes a trade name, the name of a division not | separately incorporated and not used in conjunction with the true | real corporate name and any name other than the true real name of | a corporation, except a fictitious name. |
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| | Sec. B-51. 13-C MRSA §404, sub-§4, ¶¶A, C and D, as enacted by PL 2001, | c. 640, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, are amended to read: |
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| A. The corporate name and the address of its registered | office; |
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| C. The assumed or fictitious name that it proposes to use; | and |
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| D. If the assumed or fictitious name is not to be used at | all of the corporation's places of business in this State, | the locations where it will be used.; and |
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| | Sec. B-52. 13-C MRSA §404, sub-§4, ¶E is enacted to read: |
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| E.__If the corporation is a foreign corporation: |
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