§498-C.__Appeal from revocation

1.__Petition to appeal revocation.__A foreign limited partnership may appeal the Secretary of State's revocation of its authority to the Kennebec County Superior Court within 30 days after the notice of revocation. The foreign limited partnership may appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its application for authority and the Secretary of State's notice of revocation.

2.__Court order.__The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.

3.__Appeal of court's decision.__The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

Sec. 32. 31 MRSA §524, sub-§1, śC, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 1, §43, is amended to read:

C. The provisions of section 407, subsection 1 and section 494, subsection 2 requiring that all limited partnerships have and maintain in this State a registered office and a registered agent for service of process apply to limited partnerships formed before January 1, 1992 and foreign limited partnerships that obtain authority to do business in this State before January 1, 1992 as follows.

(1) By April 1, 1992 a general partner of each limited partnership shall pay a fee of $40 and file with the Secretary of State:

(a) If the limited partnership does not have a registered agent and registered office, a certificate designating the registered agent and registered office for the limited partnership; or

(b) If the limited partnership has a registered agent and registered office, a certificate confirming that the name and address of its current registered agent and registered office are correct.

A limited partnership that files a certificate of limited partnership, an application for authority to do business in this State or a restated certificate under