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foreign limited liability company's authority to transact business
in this State. A foreign limited liability company whose authority
to do business in this State has been revoked under this subsection
that wishes to do business again in this State must be authorized
as provided in section 712. A domestic limited liability company
that has been suspended administratively dissolved under this
subsection may be reinstated by filing the current annual report
together with the current annual filing fee and by paying the
reinstatement fee of $125 for each year the limited liability
company failed to file an annual report. The maximum reinstatement
fee may not exceed $500, regardless of the number of delinquent
reports or the period of delinquency section 608-B must follow the
requirements set forth in section 608-C to reinstate.

 
2. Nonconformity. If the Secretary of State finds that an
annual report delivered for filing does not conform with the
requirements of section 757, the report must be returned for
correction.

 
3. Suspension. A limited liability company while suspended
may not engage in business.

 
4. Excusable neglect. If the annual report of a domestic or
foreign limited liability company is not delivered for filing
within the time specified in section 757, the limited liability
company is excused from the liability provided in this section
and from any other penalty for failure to file timely the report,
if it establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State,
that failure to file was the result of excusable neglect and it
furnishes the Secretary of State with a copy of the report within
30 days after learning it learns that the Secretary of State
failed to receive the original report.

 
Sec. 64. 31 MRSA §808, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 65. 31 MRSA §§808-A to 808-E are enacted to read:

 
§808-A.__Grounds for revocation of registered limited liability

 
partnership's status

 
Notwithstanding Title 4, chapter 5 and Title 5, chapter 375,
the Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section
808-B to revoke the status of a partnership as a registered
limited liability partnership if:

 
1.__Nonpayment of fees, penalties.__The registered limited
liability partnership does not pay when they are due any fees or
penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;


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