HOUSE BILL No. 4399

 

March 25, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Love, Santana and Kosowski 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 2012 PA 310.

 

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,

 

2015. Beginning October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2015, 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.

 

     (7) The administrator shall waive any fee otherwise required

 

under this section if a majority of the membership interests in the


 

domestic or foreign limited liability company responsible for

 

paying the fee are, and the domestic or foreign limited liability

 

company provides proof satisfactory to the administrator that those

 

interests are, held by 1 or more honorably discharged veterans of

 

the armed forces of the United States.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect October

 

1, 2015.