Chapter 024 |
2018 -- S 2320 Enacted 06/04/2018 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS -- THE RHODE ISLAND LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT |
Introduced By: Senators Euer, Pearson, Goldin, Jabour, and Nesselbush |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2018 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Section 7-16-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 7-16 entitled "The Rhode |
Island Limited Liability Company Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
7-16-8. Filing. [Effective until July 1, 2020.]. |
(a) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any document under this chapter that |
does not conform with law. |
(b) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any organizational document, |
qualification, registration, change of resident agent report, service of process, notice, or other |
document until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the secretary of state. |
(c) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any article of dissolution, cancellation |
of registration, article of merger, unless the surviving entity is a domestic entity of record with the |
office of the secretary of state, or the reinstatement of a limited-liability company's certificate of |
organization or registration until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the secretary |
of state and all fees and taxes have been paid, as evidenced by an appropriate certificate of good |
standing issued by the Rhode Island division of taxation. |
(d) The secretary of state may not accept for filing a certificate of conversion to a non- |
Rhode Island entity until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the secretary of state |
and all fees and taxes have been paid, as evidenced by an appropriate certificate of good standing |
issued by the Rhode Island division of taxation. |
(e) When the secretary of state accepts the articles of organization or a certificate of |
registration or any other document filed under this chapter, the secretary of state shall: |
(1) Endorse on the document the date and time of its acceptance for filing; |
(2) Promptly file the document; and |
(3) Issue a certificate or other evidence that establishes: |
(i) That the document was accepted for filing by the secretary of state; and |
(ii) The date and time of the acceptance for filing. |
(f) The document becomes effective upon the issuance of the certificate or other evidence |
or at any later date that is set forth within the document, not more than thirty (30) ninety (90) days |
after the filing of such document. |
7-16-8. Filing. [Effective July 1, 2020.]. |
(a) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any document under this chapter that |
does not conform with law. |
(b) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any organizational document, |
qualification, registration, change of resident agent report, service of process, notice, or other |
document until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the secretary of state. |
(c) The secretary of state may not accept for filing any article of dissolution, cancellation |
of registration, or article of merger until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the |
secretary of state and all fees and taxes have been paid. |
(d) The secretary of state may not accept for filing the reinstatement of a limited-liability |
company's certificate of organization or registration until all required filing and other fees have |
been paid to the secretary of state and all fees and taxes have been paid, as evidenced by an |
appropriate certificate of good standing issued by the division of taxation. |
(e) The secretary of state may not accept for filing a certificate of conversion to a non- |
Rhode Island entity until all required filing and other fees have been paid to the secretary of state |
and all fees and taxes have been paid. |
(f) When the secretary of state accepts the articles of organization or a certificate of |
registration or any other document filed under this chapter, the secretary of state shall: |
(1) Endorse on the document the date and time of its acceptance for filing; |
(2) Promptly file the document; and |
(3) Issue a certificate or other evidence that establishes: |
(i) That the document was accepted for filing by the secretary of state; and |
(ii) The date and time of the acceptance for filing. |
(g) The document becomes effective upon the issuance of the certificate or other |
evidence or at any later date that is set forth within the document, not more than thirty (30) ninety |
(90) days after the filing of such document. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on January 1, 2019. |
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LC004336 |
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