§908.__Fees for filing certificates

A fee of $5 must be submitted with any certificate required or permitted to be filed with the Secretary of State under this chapter.

Sec. 3. 13 MRSA §931, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 2, §40, is amended to read:

§931. Powers; change of name; proceedings; fee

The incorporators shall adopt a corporate name, and they, their associates and successors may have continual succession; have a common seal; elect all necessary officers; adopt bylaws not inconsistent with law and enforce the same by suitable penalties; have the same rights and be under the same liabilities as other corporations in prosecuting and defending civil actions; and enjoy all other rights, privileges and immunities of a legal corporation. Any corporation organized under this subchapter may by a majority vote, at a legal meeting of its members at which at least 25% are present, or at a legal meeting of its directors, trustees or managing board, however designated, change its name and adopt a new one, a .__A notice of the intention to change the name to must be given in the call for the meeting. When the proceedings of such the meeting relating to such the change of name, are certified by the clerk or secretary of the corporation, are returned to the office of the corporation shall deliver for filing with the Secretary of State to be recorded, the a certificate of name is changed change signed and dated by the clerk or secretary of the corporation. A fee of $5 must accompany the certificate. The corporation, under its new name, has the same rights, powers and privileges, and is subject to the same duties, obligations and liabilities as before, and holds and is entitled to the same property and property rights as it held under its former name, and may sue or be sued by its new name, but no action brought against it by its former name may be defeated on that account. A certificate of the change of the name of such corporation must be filed by the clerk or secretary of the corporation in the registry of deeds in the county in which the corporation has its location within 20 days after the proceedings of the meeting are returned to the office of the Secretary of State. No fee is required by the Secretary of State for the filing, but the registry of deeds must receive for recording such certificate the fee of 50¢. This section does not apply to corporations organized under or governed by Title 13-B.