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C. Do not adopt as the name of the corporation a name which | that is in violation of section 301 301-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-17. 13-B MRSA §1202, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 525, | | §13, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Certificate of existence. The application of the | corporation for authority shall must be accompanied by a | certificate of good standing existence or its equivalent from the | proper officer of its jurisdiction of incorporation a document of | | similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or | | other official having custody of corporate records in the state | | or country under whose law the foreign corporation is | incorporated. Such The certificate of good standing shall | | existence must have been made not more than 90 days prior to the | | delivery of the application for filing. |
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| | | Sec. B-18. 13-B MRSA §1205, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 525, | | §13, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Name. No A foreign corporation shall be is not authorized | | to carry on activities in this State unless the name of the | corporation complies with the requirements of section 301 301-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-19. 13-B MRSA §1208, sub-§3 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3.__Cancellation of authority.__If a foreign nonprofit | | corporation files articles of domestication and conversion as set | | forth in Title 13-C, chapter 9, its authority is cancelled | | automatically on the effective date of its domestication and | | conversion. |
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| | | Sec. B-20. 13-B MRSA §1210, sub-§§2 and 3, as amended by PL 1989, c. | | 501, Pt. L, §41, are further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Secretary of State to mail revocation of authority. The | authority of a foreign corporation shall be is revoked only after | the Secretary of State shall have has mailed to the corporation's | | last registered office in this State and to its last registered | | or principal office in its jurisdiction of incorporation at least | 30 days' 60-days' notice of impending revocation of its authority | | to carry on activities in this State, including a specification | of the default, and the corporation shall fail fails, prior to | revocation, to cure the default specified in such the notice. |
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| | | 3. Certificate revoked. After the expiration of the 30-day | | 60-day period, if the foreign corporation has not cured the | | default or, as to the ground for revocation specified in |
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