2.__Application.__To register its limited partnership name, a foreign limited partnership must execute and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an application that:

A.__Sets forth its limited partnership name, the state or country and date of its organization, the address of its principal office wherever located and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and

B.__Is accompanied by a certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of limited partnership records in the state or country under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized. The certificate of existence must have been made not more than 90 days prior to the delivery of the application for filing.

3.__Applicant's exclusive use.__The limited partnership name is registered for the foreign limited partnership's exclusive use upon the effective date of the application until the end of the calendar year in which the application was filed.

4.__Renewal of registered name.__A foreign limited partnership whose registration is effective may renew it for a successive year by delivering for filing to the Secretary of State a renewal application that complies with the requirements of subsection 2 between October 1st and December 31st. The renewal application, when filed, renews the registration for the following calendar year.

5.__Qualify as foreign limited partnership.__A foreign limited partnership whose registration is effective may, after the registration is effective, qualify as a foreign limited partnership under the registered name or may consent in writing to the use of that name by a limited partnership organized under this Act or by another foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this State.__The registration terminates when the domestic limited partnership is organized or the foreign limited partnership qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign limited partnership under the registered name.

Sec. C-9. 31 MRSA §492, sub-§3, ¶H, as amended by PL 1993, c. 316, §56, is further amended to read:

H. A certificate of good standing or its equivalent from the proper officer of its jurisdiction of organization existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the