(1) By April 1, 1992 a general partner of each limited partnership shall pay a fee of $40 and file with the Secretary of State:

(a) If the limited partnership does not have a registered agent and registered office, a certificate designating the registered agent and registered office for the limited partnership; or

(b) If the limited partnership has a registered agent and registered office, a certificate confirming that the name and address of its current registered agent and registered office are correct.

A limited partnership that files a certificate of limited partnership, an application for authority to do business in this State or a restated certificate under section 422, subsection 6 after January 1, 1992 but before April 1, 1992 is not required to file a certificate or pay the fee required under this subparagraph.

(2) Until a registered agent and a registered office are designated under subparagraph (1), the general partner first named in the partnership's certificate of limited partnership and having an address within this State is deemed the partnership's registered agent and that general partner's address as stated in the certificate is deemed the partnership's registered office.

(3) If the limited partnership has not filed a certificate designating a registered agent and registered office by April 1, 1992, the Secretary of State may suspend the limited partnership under section 408 408-A or revoke the authority of the limited partnership to do business in this State under section 498 498-B; and