9.__Name of limited liability partnership revoked.__Subsection 2 does not apply to the name of any partnership whose status as a limited liability partnership has been revoked on and after the 3rd anniversary of the revocation.

Sec. C-36. 31 MRSA §804, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is repealed.

Sec. C-37. 31 MRSA §804-A is enacted to read:

§804-A.__Reserved name

1.__Reserve use of name.__A person may reserve the exclusive use of a limited liability partnership name, including an assumed or fictitious name, by executing and delivering for filing an application to the Secretary of State. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the Secretary of State finds that the limited liability partnership name applied for is available, the Secretary of State shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable period of 120 days.

2.__Transfer of reservation.__The owner of a reserved limited liability partnership name under subsection 1 may transfer the reservation to another person by executing and delivering for filing to the Secretary of State a notice of the transfer, signed by the transferor, that states the name and address of the transferee.

Sec. C-38. 31 MRSA §805, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is repealed.

Sec. C-39. 31 MRSA §805-A is enacted to read:

§805-A.__Assumed or fictitious name of limited liability

partnership

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.

2.__Fictitious name defined.__As used in this section, "fictitious name" means a name adopted by a foreign limited