| limited liability partnership's authority appoints the Secretary | 
| of State as the foreign limited liability partnership's agent for | 
| service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action | 
| that arose during the time the foreign limited liability | 
| partnership was authorized to transact business in this State. | 
| Service of process on the Secretary of State under this | 
| subsection is service on the foreign limited liability | 
| partnership. Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State | 
| shall mail a copy of the process to the foreign limited liability | 
| partnership at its principal office shown in its most recent | 
| annual report or in any subsequent communication received from | 
| the limited liability partnership stating the current mailing | 
| address of its principal office or, if no other address is on | 
| file, in its application for authority. |