3.__Court action.__The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate an administratively dissolved domestic limited partnership 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.

§408-E.__Reinstatement of suspended domestic limited partnership

1.__Reinstatement after suspension.__A domestic limited partnership that 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 408-C, subsection 1;

B.__The application for reinstatement is accompanied by the reinstatement fee set forth in section 526, subsection 6-A; and

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

2.__Effect on domestic limited partnership failing to reinstate by June 30, 2010.__A domestic limited partnership that fails to meet the requirements of subsection 1 is administratively dissolved and may not reinstate.

3.__Protecting domestic limited partnership name after suspension.__The name of a domestic limited partnership that is suspended remains in the Secretary of State's record of limited partnership names and is protected for a period of 3 years following suspension.

Sec. 28. 31 MRSA §413, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. U, §26, is repealed.

Sec. 29. 31 MRSA §416-A is enacted to read:

§416-A.__Certificate of existence; certificate of authority;

certificate of fact