Bill Text - SB18 (2017)

(New Title) relative to reinstatement of foreign corporations and foreign limited liability partnerships.


Revision: July 3, 2017, 2:34 p.m.

CHAPTER 183

SB 18 - FINAL VERSION

 

02/23/2017   0464s

2017 SESSION

17-0916

01/03

 

SENATE BILL 18

 

AN ACT relative to reinstatement of foreign corporations and foreign limited liability partnerships.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes procedures for reinstatement of foreign corporations and foreign limited liability companies.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/23/2017   0464s 17-0916

01/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to reinstatement of foreign corporations and foreign limited liability partnerships.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

183:1  New Subparagraph; Procedure for and Effect of Revocation; Foreign Corporations.  Amend RSA 293-A:15.31 by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:

(e)  A foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been revoked under this section may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement by completion of a reinstatement form together with payment of fees in arrears at the time of revocation.  Beyond 120 days, a reinstatement shall be accompanied by, in addition to the above, annual fees for the years since the revocation, if the foreign corporation was doing business in this state during those years, and a certificate from the New Hampshire department of revenue administration indicating there are no taxes due to the department.

183:2  New Paragraph; Procedures for and Effect of Revocation; Foreign Limited Liability Companies.  Amend RSA 304-C:184 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  A foreign limited liability company whose certificate of authority has been revoked under this section may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement by completion of a reinstatement form together with payment of fees in arrears at the time of revocation.  Beyond 120 days, a reinstatement shall be accompanied by, in addition to the above, annual fees for the years since the revocation, if the foreign corporation was doing business in this state during those years, and a certificate from the New Hampshire department of revenue administration indicating there are no taxes due to the department.

183:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: June 29, 2017

Effective Date: August 28, 2017