Bill Text: MI SB1371 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Businesses; limited liability companies; annual statement of resident agent and registered office fee; revise. Amends sec. 1101 of 1993 PA 23 (MCL 450.5101).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-27 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB1371 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-SB1371-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1371
November 27, 2012, Introduced by Senator JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to amend 1993 PA 23, entitled
"Michigan limited liability company act,"
by amending section 1101 (MCL 450.5101), as amended by 2007 PA 86.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1101. (1) The fees to be paid to the administrator when
the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him or
her for filing are as follows:
(a) Certificate of correction, $25.00.
(b) Articles of organization, $50.00.
(c) Amendment to the articles of organization, $25.00.
(d) Restated articles of organization, $50.00.
(e) Application for reservation of name, $25.00.
(f) Certificate of assumed name or a certificate of
termination of assumed name, $25.00.
(g) Annual statement of resident agent and registered office,
$15.00
if paid through September 30, 2003 and after September 30,
2012.
Beginning October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2012, the fee
is
$25.00.
(h) Certificate of restoration of good standing, $50.00.
(i) Notice of resignation of resident agent, or statement of
change of registered office or resident agent, $5.00.
(j) Certificate of merger as provided in article 7, $100.00.
(k) Certificate of abandonment, $10.00.
(l) Certificate of conversion, $25.00.
(m) Certificate of dissolution, $10.00.
(n) Application of a foreign limited liability company for a
certificate of authority to transact business in this state,
$50.00.
(o) Certificate correcting statement contained in an
application for a certificate of authority to transact business in
this state, $25.00.
(p) Certificate attesting to the occurrence of a merger of a
foreign limited liability company, as provided in section 1005,
$10.00.
(q) Application for withdrawal and issuance of a certificate
of withdrawal of a foreign limited liability company, $10.00.
(2) In addition to a fee required to file a document, the
administrator may charge a fee of $50.00 if the document is filed
by facsimile or other electronic transmission or the administrator
is requested to transmit a document by facsimile or other
electronic transmission.
(3) The administrator shall not refund all or any part of a
fee described in this section. The administrator shall deposit all
fees received and collected under this section in the state
treasury to the credit of the administrator, who may only use the
money credited pursuant to legislative appropriation and only in
carrying out those duties of the department required by law.
(4) A minimum charge of $1.00 for each certificate and 50
cents per folio shall be paid to the administrator for certifying a
part of a file or record pertaining to a domestic or foreign
limited liability company if a fee is not set forth in subsection
(1). The administrator may furnish copies of documents, reports,
and papers required or permitted by law to be filed with the
administrator, and shall charge for those copies pursuant to a
schedule of fees that the administrator shall adopt with the
approval of the state administrative board. The administrator shall
retain the revenue collected under this subsection and use it to
defray the costs of the department's copying and certifying
services.
(5) If a domestic or foreign limited liability company pays
fees or penalties by check and the check is dishonored, the fee is
considered unpaid and the filing of all related documents will be
rescinded.
(6) The administrator may accept payment by credit card,
instead of cash or check, as payment of a fee under this act. The
administrator shall determine which credit cards he or she shall
accept for payment of a fee.
