| | Sec. C-38. 31 MRSA §805, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, | is repealed. |
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| | Sec. C-39. 31 MRSA §805-A is enacted to read: |
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| §805-A.__Assumed or fictitious name of limited liability |
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| | 1.__Assumed name defined.__As used in this section, "assumed | name" means a trade name or any name other than the real name of | a limited liability partnership except a fictitious name. |
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| | 2.__Fictitious name defined.__As used in this section, | "fictitious name" means a name adopted by a foreign limited | liability partnership authorized to transact business in this | State because its real name is unavailable pursuant to section | 803-A. |
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| | 3.__Authorized to transact business.__Upon complying with this | section, a registered or foreign limited liability partnership | authorized to transact business in this State may transact its | business in this State under one or more assumed or fictitious | names. |
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| | 4.__File statement indicating use of assumed or fictitious | name.__Prior to transacting business in this State under an | assumed or fictitious name, a limited liability partnership shall | execute and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a | statement setting forth: |
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| A.__The limited liability partnership name; |
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| B.__That the limited liability partnership intends to | transact business under an assumed or fictitious name; |
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| C.__The assumed or fictitious name that the limited | liability partnership proposes to use; |
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| D.__If the assumed name is not to be used at all of the | limited liability partnership's places of business in this | State, the locations where that name will be used; and |
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| E.__If the company is a foreign limited liability | partnership: |
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| (1)__The jurisdiction of organization; and |
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| (2)__The date on which it was authorized to transact | business in this State. |
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