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All rights of creditors and all liens upon the property of any of | | those constituent corporations are preserved unimpaired, limited to | | the property affected by such liens at the time of the | | consolidation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the | | respective constituent corporations henceforth attach to the | | consolidated corporation and may be enforced against it to the same | | extent as if those debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred | | or contracted by it. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 13 MRSA §981-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 316, §9, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §981-A.__Acknowledgement of previously unrecognized |
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| | | An existing nonprofit corporation that is not currently | | recognized by the Secretary of State may prepare, sign, date and | | deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of | | organization setting forth the original name, the date, place and | | purpose of the incorporation, any subsequent changes to the | | corporate name and the current name, location and officers of the | | corporation.__If the Secretary of State by examination of the | | corporate records or other substantial evidence finds that the | | corporation was formed, the Secretary of State shall file the | | certificate of organization. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 13 MRSA §3025, as amended by PL 1977, c. 696, §158, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §3025.__Filing of certificate; change of name; filing duty |
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| | | 1.__Certificate.__The clerk, treasurer and a majority of the | | board of trustees of every independent local church incorporated | | under sections 3021 to 3024 shall prepare, sign, date and deliver | | for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of | | incorporation, in the format approved by the Secretary of State, | | setting forth the name of the church, the town or city where the | | church is located and the number and names of the members of its | | board of trustees. A filing fee of $5 must accompany the | | certificate. |
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| | | 2.__Change of certificate.__The name of any incorporated | | church or any other provision in the certificate of incorporation | | filed under subsection 1 may be changed by vote in a legal | | meeting duly called for this purpose.__The clerk or other duly | | authorized officer of the corporation shall prepare, sign, date | | and deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate, | | in the format approved by the Secretary of State, setting forth | | the name of the church, the town or city where the church is |
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