LD 1539
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Sec. C-13. 31 MRSA §524, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 376,
§41, is further amended to read:

 
B. The provisions of section 403 403-A, subsection 1,
paragraph A requiring that the name names of all limited
partnerships contain the words "Limited Partnership," the
abbreviation "L.P." or the designation "LP" do not apply to
a limited partnership formed before January 1, 1992 or a
foreign limited partnership having obtained the authority to
do business in this State before January 1, 1992 until such
time as the limited partnership has filed an amendment to
its certificate of limited partnership or application for
authority to do business as a foreign limited partnership
pursuant to subsection 2;

 
Sec. C-14. 31 MRSA §526, sub-§§1 and 2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 376,
§42, are further amended to read:

 
1. Reservation. For filing of an application for reservation
of name or a notice of transfer or cancellation of reservation
pursuant to section 404 404-A, a fee in the amount of $20 for
each limited partnership affected;

 
2. Assumed or fictitious name. For filing of an application
for an assumed name under section 405 405-A, a fee in the amount
of $105, and for filing of an application for a fictitious name
under section 405-A, a fee in the amount of $20. The addition of
the words "Limited Partnership," the abbreviation "L.P." or the
designation "LP" to a foreign limited partnership's name for use
in this State is not, for the purpose of this section, deemed an
assumed name;

 
Sec. C-15. 31 MRSA §526, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 552, §2 and
affected by §4, is amended to read:

 
3. Termination of assumed or fictitious name. For a
termination of an assumed or fictitious name under section 405
405-A, a fee of $20;

 
Sec. C-16. 31 MRSA §526, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1993, c. 316, §65,
is further amended to read:

 
4. Registered name. For filing of an application for a
registered name of a foreign limited partnership under section
406 406-A, a fee of $20 per month for the number of months or
fraction of a month remaining in the calendar year when first
filing. For filing an application to renew the registration of a
registered name, a fee of $155;


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