Sec. 1. 13-A MRSA §809, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1973, c. 483, §12, is further amended to read:

5. The restatement may omit statements as to the incorporator or incorporators and the initial directors. In all other respects, the restatement shall must contain the same information and provisions as are required by this Act for original articles, except that if the corporation is managed by a board of directors, the restatement must provide either a fixed number of directors or a minimum and maximum number of directors as provided in chapter 7.

Sec. 2. 13-A MRSA §1401, sub-§27, as amended by PL 1999, c. 638, §5, is further amended to read:

27. An amendment to a foreign corporation's application for authority to do business in this State, as provided by section 1207, $70, except for a change in its registered or principal office, as provided by section 1207, subsection 1, paragraph C, $35;

Sec. 3. 31 MRSA §494, sub-§4, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 316, §59, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

B.__When the registered agent does not appoint a successor:

(1)__A statement of resignation;

(2)__The names of all the limited partnerships; and

(3)__An affidavit, signed by the registered agent, setting forth the date on which the notice of resignation was sent by certified or registered mail to the registered or principal office of each limited partnership, wherever located, from which the registered__agent is resigning as registered agent.

A resignation takes effect under this paragraph upon filing the certificate with the Secretary of State.

Sec. 4. 31 MRSA §854, sub-§4, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

B.__When the registered agent does not appoint a successor:

(1)__A statement of resignation;