3.__Limitation on personal liability.__A limitation on personal liability of a partner is not waived solely by transacting business in this State without being granted authority to do business in this State.

4.__Agent for service of process.__If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this State without being granted the authority to do business in this State, the Secretary of State is its agent for service of process with respect to a right of action arising out of the transaction of business in this State.

Sec. B-8. 31 MRSA §859-A, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 631, §71, is amended to read:

Notwithstanding Title 4, chapter 5 and Title 5, chapter 375, the Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 859-B to revoke the status authority of a partnership as a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to do business in this State if:

Sec. B-9. 31 MRSA §859-B, sub-§§2, 3 and 6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 631, §71, are amended to read:

2. Revocation. The foreign partnership's status as a limited liability partnership authority to do business is revoked if within 60 30 days after the notice under subsection 1 was issued the Secretary of State determines that the foreign limited liability partnership has failed to correct the ground or grounds for revocation. The Secretary of State shall send notice to the foreign partnership at the partnership's last registered office address in this State and to its last registered or principal office address in its jurisdiction of registration that recites the ground or grounds for revocation of the foreign partnership's status as a limited liability partnership and the effective date of revocation.

3. Authority to transact business ceases. The authority of a foreign limited liability partnership to transact business in this State ceases on the date of revocation of its authority unless such revocation is stayed pursuant to section 859-C, subsection 2.