PUBLIC Law Chapter 631

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.

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

6.__Authorization after revocation.__A foreign limited
liability 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this State has been revoked under this section and that wishes to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 may be reinstated pursuant
to section 859-D.

§859-C.__Appeal from revocation

1.__Petition to appeal revocation.__A foreign limited
liability 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 liability 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.

§859-D.__Reinstatement following revocation

1.__Application for reinstatement.__A partnership whose
authority as a foreign limited liability partnership has been
revoked under section 859-B may apply to the Secretary of State
for reinstatement within 6 years after the effective date of
revocation. The
application must:

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