LD 1539
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subsection 2. The renewal application, when filed, renews the
registration for the following calendar year.

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

 
Sec. C-42. 31 MRSA §852, sub-§3, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt.
B, §1, is 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 secretary of state or other official having custody
of limited liability partnership records in the state or
country under whose law the foreign limited liability
partnership is organized. For the purpose of this paragraph
In lieu of a certificate of existence, a copy of the foreign
limited liability partnership's registration certified or
stamped by the Secretary of State secretary of state or
other proper officer in its domestic jurisdiction is a
sufficient equivalent if such an officer does not produce
any other type of certificate of existence. The certificate
of good standing or its equivalent existence must have been
made not more than 90 days prior to the delivery of the
application for filing; and

 
Sec. C-43. 31 MRSA §854, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B,
§1, is amended to read:

 
1. Name. A foreign limited liability partnership may apply
to the Secretary of State to do business in this State under a
name that conforms with the requirements of section 803 803-A,
subsection 1. The name need not be the same as the name under
which it is authorized to do business in the jurisdiction of its
organization.

 
Sec. C-44. 31 MRSA §859, sub-§1, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1995, c.
633, Pt. B, §1, are amended to read:


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