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LR 2593
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Sec. 6. 13-B MRSA §1301-C is enacted to read:

 
§1301-C.__Amended annual report of domestic or foreign

 
corporation

 
1.__Amended annual report.__If the information contained in an
annual report filed under section 1301 has changed, a corporation
may, if it determines it to be necessary, deliver to the
Secretary of State for filing an amended annual report to change
the information on file.__The amended annual report must be
executed as provided by section 1301, subsection 3.

 
2.__Contents.__The amended annual report must set forth:

 
A.__The name of the domestic or foreign corporation and the
jurisdiction of its incorporation;

 
B.__The date on which the original annual report was filed;
and

 
C.__The information that has changed and the date on which
it changed.

 
3.__Period for filing.__An amended annual report may be filed
by the corporation after the date of the original filing and
until December 31st of that filing year.

 
Sec. 7. 13-B MRSA §1302, as amended by PL 2001, c. 550, Pt. C, §27
and affected by §29, is further amended to read:

 
§1302. Failure to file annual report; incorrect report;
penalties

 
1. Failure to file annual report; penalty. Any A domestic or
foreign corporation that is required to deliver an annual report
for filing, as provided by section 1301, and that fails to
deliver its properly completed annual report to the Secretary of
State shall pay the sum of $10 for each failure to file on time ,
in addition to the regular annual report fee, the late filing
penalty described in section 1401, subsection 34, as long as the
report is received by the Secretary of State prior to
administrative dissolution or revocation. Upon a corporation's
failure to file the annual report and to pay the annual report
fee and or the penalty, the Secretary of State, notwithstanding
Title 4, chapter 5 and Title 5, chapter 375, shall revoke a
foreign corporation's authority to carry on activities in this
State and suspend administratively dissolve a domestic
corporation from carrying on activities. The Secretary of State
shall use the procedures set forth in section 1210, relative 1113
to administratively dissolve a domestic corporation and the
procedures set forth in section 1210-B to revoking the right of


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