2.__Reinstatement after administrative dissolution.__If the Secretary of State determines that the application contains the information required under subsection 1 and is accompanied by the reinstatement fee set forth in section 751, subsection 7-A, and that the information is correct, the Secretary of State shall cancel the administrative dissolution and prepare a notice of reinstatement that recites that determination and the effective date of reinstatement. The Secretary of State shall send notice to the domestic limited liability company at its last registered office address.

3.__Effect of reinstatement.__When the reinstatement is effective under subsection 2, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution, and the domestic limited liability company resumes business as if the administrative dissolution had not occurred.

§608-D.__Appeal from denial of reinstatement

1.__Denial of reinstatement.__If the Secretary of State denies a domestic limited liability company's application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, the Secretary of State shall mail a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial to the limited liability company at its last registered office address.

2.__Appeal.__A domestic limited liability company may appeal a denial of reinstatement under subsection 1 to the Superior Court of the county where the limited liability company's principal office is located or, if there is no principal office in this State, in Kennebec County within 30 days after the date of the notice of denial. The limited liability company appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State's notice of administrative dissolution, the limited liability company's application for reinstatement and the Secretary of State's notice of denial.

3.__Court action.__The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate an administratively dissolved domestic limited liability company or may take other action the court considers appropriate.

4.__Final decision.__The court's final decision in an appeal under this section may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.