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

2.__Appeal.__A foreign limited liability partnership may appeal a denial of reinstatement under subsection 1 to the Superior Court of the county where the foreign limited liability partnership'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 foreign limited liability partnership appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State's notice of revocation, the foreign limited liability partnership'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 a foreign limited liability partnership's authority to do business in this State 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.

Sec. 70. 31 MRSA §871, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 344, Pt. C, §46, is further amended to read:

4. Registered name. For filing an application for a registered name of a foreign limited liability partnership under section 806-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; and for filing an application to renew the registration of a registered name, the fee is $155 $200;

Sec. 71. 31 MRSA §871, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1997, c. 376, §71, is repealed.

Sec. 72. 31 MRSA §871, sub-§7-A is enacted to read:

7-A.__Reinstatement fee after revocation.__For failure to file an annual report, a fee of $125, to a maximum fee of $500, regardless of the number of delinquent reports or the period of delinquency; for failure to pay the annual report late filing penalty, a fee of $100; for failure to appoint or maintain a