A. Appoint the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process in a proceeding to enforce the rights of shareholders who exercise appraisal rights in connection with the conversion and that domestic business corporation shall provide a mailing address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process served on the Secretary of State; and

Sec. B-81. 13-C MRSA §942, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, is amended to read:

4. Certificate of authority. If the foreign nonprofit corporation is authorized to transact business carry on activities in this State under the provisions of the Maine Nonprofit Corporation Act, its certificate of authority is cancelled automatically on the effective date of its domestication and conversion.

Sec. B-82. 13-C MRSA §952, sub-§§3 and 5, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §7, are amended to read:

3. Entity conversion. A domestic unincorporated entity may become a domestic business corporation. Section 957 governs the effect of converting to a domestic business corporation. If the organic law of a domestic unincorporated entity does not provide procedures for the approval of an entity conversion, the conversion must be adopted and approved, and the entity conversion effectuated, in the same manner as a merger of the unincorporated entity, and its interest holders are entitled to appraisal rights if appraisal rights are available upon any type of merger under the organic law of the unincorporated entity. If the organic law of a domestic unincorporated entity does not provide procedures for the approval of either an entity conversion or a merger, a plan of entity conversion must be adopted and approved, the entity conversion effectuated and appraisal rights exercised in accordance with the procedures in this subchapter and chapter 13. Without limiting the provisions of this subsection, a domestic unincorporated entity whose organic law does not provide procedures for the approval of an entity conversion is subject to subsection 5 and section 954, subsection 7 8. For purposes of applying this subchapter and chapter 13:

A. The unincorporated entity and its interest holders, interests and organic documents taken together are deemed to