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 partnership resumes business as if the administrative dissolution had not occurred.

§408-D.__Appeal from denial of reinstatement of domestic limited

partnership

1.__Denial of reinstatement.__If the Secretary of State denies a domestic limited partnership'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 partnership at its last registered office address.

2.__Appeal.__A domestic limited partnership may appeal a denial of reinstatement under subsection 1 to the Superior Court of the county where the limited 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 limited partnership 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 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 an administratively dissolved domestic limited partnership 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.

§408-E.__Reinstatement of suspended domestic limited partnership

1.__Reinstatement after suspension.__A domestic limited partnership that was suspended before July 1, 2004 may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement and the reinstatement may be granted, if:

A.__The Secretary of State determines that the application contains the information required under section 408-C, subsection 1;