Sec. B-15. 13-B MRSA §308-A is enacted to read:

§308-A.__Assumed or fictitious name of corporation

1.__Assumed name defined.__As used in this section, "assumed name" means a trade name, the name of a division not separately incorporated and not used in conjunction with the real corporate name or any name other than the real name of a corporation except a fictitious name.

2.__Fictitious name defined.__As used in this section, "fictitious name" means a name adopted by a foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State because its real name is unavailable pursuant to section 301-A.

3.__Authorized to transact business.__Upon complying with this section, a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State may carry on its activities in this State under one or more assumed or fictitious names.

4.__File statement indicating use of assumed or fictitious name.__Prior to carrying on any activities in this State under an assumed or fictitious name, a corporation shall execute and deliver for filing, in accordance with sections 104 and 106, a statement setting forth:

A.__The corporate name and the address of the corporation's registered office;

B.__That the corporation intends to carry on activities under an assumed or fictitious name;

C.__The assumed or fictitious name that the corporation proposes to use;

D.__If the assumed name is not to be used at all of the corporation's places of activity in this State, the locations where it will be used; and

E.__If the corporation is a foreign corporation:

(1)__The jurisdiction of incorporation; and

(2)__The date on which it was authorized to carry on activities in this State.