§1115.__Appeal from denial of reinstatement

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

2.__Appeal.__A corporation may appeal a denial of reinstatement under subsection 1 to the Superior Court of the county where the corporation'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 corporation 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 corporation'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 corporation 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.

§1116.__Reinstatement of suspended corporate charter

1.__Reinstatement after charter suspension.__A corporation whose charter 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 1114, subsection 1;

B.__The application for reinstatement is accompanied by the reinstatement fee set forth in section 1401, subsection 35; and

C.__The application for reinstatement is received by the Secretary of State by June 30, 2010.