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

5.__Registered agent; not terminated.__Revocation of a foreign limited partnership's authority to transact business in this State does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the limited partnership.

6.__Authorization after revocation.__A foreign limited partnership whose authority to transact business in this State has been revoked under this section and that wishes to transact business again in this State must be authorized as provided in this chapter.

§498-C.__Appeal from revocation

1.__Petition to appeal revocation.__A foreign limited partnership may appeal the Secretary of State's revocation of its authority to the Kennebec County Superior Court within 30 days after the notice of revocation. The foreign limited partnership may appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its application for authority and the Secretary of State's notice of revocation.

2.__Court order.__The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.

3.__Appeal of court's decision.__The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

Sec. 41. 31 MRSA §524, sub-§1, śC, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 1, §43, is amended to read: