SB-0570, As Passed House, June 25, 2003SB-0570, As Passed Senate, June 18, 2003   

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                              SUBSTITUTE FOR                                    

                                                                                

                           SENATE BILL NO. 570                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1972 PA 284, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Business corporation act,"                                                 

                                                                                

    by amending section 1060 (MCL 450.2060), as amended by 2001 PA              

                                                                                

    57; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.                                   

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1060.  (1) The fees  to be paid  a person shall pay to                 

                                                                                

2   the administrator when the documents described in this subsection           

                                                                                

3   are delivered to him or her for filing are as follows:                      

                                                                                

4       (a) Articles of a domestic  corporations  corporation,                      

                                                                                

5   $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

6       (b) Application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of               

                                                                                

7   authority to transact business in this state, $10.00.                       

                                                                                

8       (c) Amendment to the articles of a domestic corporation,                    

                                                                                

9   $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

10      (d) Amended application for a certificate of authority to                   

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   transact business in this state, $10.00.                                    

                                                                                

2       (e) Certificate of merger or share exchange  as provided in                 

                                                                                

3   under chapter 7, $50.00.                                                    

                                                                                

4       (f) Certificate attesting to the occurrence of a merger of a                

                                                                                

5   foreign corporation  as provided in  under section 1021, $10.00.            

                                                                                

6       (g) Certificate of dissolution, $10.00.                                     

                                                                                

7       (h) Application for withdrawal and issuance of a certificate                

                                                                                

8   of withdrawal of a foreign corporation, $10.00.                             

                                                                                

9       (i) Application for reservation of corporate name, $10.00.                  

                                                                                

10      (j) Certificate of assumed name or a certificate of                         

                                                                                

11  termination of assumed name, $10.00.                                        

                                                                                

12      (k) Statement of change of registered office or resident                    

                                                                                

13  agent, $5.00.                                                               

                                                                                

14                                                                               (l) Restated articles of domestic corporations, $10.00.                             

                                                                                

15      (m) Certificate of abandonment, $10.00.                                     

                                                                                

16      (n) Certificate of correction, $10.00.                                      

                                                                                

17      (o) Certificate of revocation of dissolution proceedings,                   

                                                                                

18  $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

19      (p) Certificate of renewal of corporate existence, $10.00.                  

                                                                                

20      (q) For examining a special report required by law, $2.00.                  

                                                                                

21      (r) Certificate of registration of corporate name of a                      

                                                                                

22  foreign corporation, $50.00.                                                

                                                                                

23      (s) Certificate of renewal of registration of corporate name                

                                                                                

24  of a foreign corporation, $50.00.                                           

                                                                                

25      (t) Certificate of termination of registration of corporate                 

                                                                                

26  name of a foreign corporation, $10.00.                                      

                                                                                

27      (u) Report required under section 911, $15.00 if paid before                


                                                                                

1   October 1, 2003 or after September 30, 2007.  After September 30,           

                                                                                

2   2003 and before October 1, 2007, the fee is $25.00.                         

                                                                                

3       (2) The fees  prescribed in subsection (1), no part of which                

                                                                                

4   shall be refunded, shall be  described in subsection (1) are in             

                                                                                

5   addition to  the  any franchise fees prescribed in this act.  ,             

                                                                                

6   and shall, when collected, be paid into the treasury of the state           

                                                                                

7   and credited to the administrator to be used solely by the                  

                                                                                

8   department in carrying out those duties required by law.  The               

                                                                                

9   administrator shall not refund all or any part of a fee described           

                                                                                

10  in this section.                                                            

                                                                                

11      (3) Except as provided in subsection (9), the administrator                 

                                                                                

12  shall deposit all fees received and collected under this section            

                                                                                

13  in the state treasury to the credit of the administrator, who may           

                                                                                

14  only use the money credited pursuant to legislative appropriation           

                                                                                

15  and only in carrying out those duties of the department required            

                                                                                

16  by law.                                                                     

                                                                                

17      (4)  (3) Fees paid by or on behalf of  The fees described in                

                                                                                

18  this section apply to documents filed by a domestic  and  or                

                                                                                

19  foreign regulated investment  companies  company as defined in              

                                                                                

20  section 1064.  are the same as are charged foreign and domestic             

                                                                                

21  corporations for the purposes specified in this section.                    

                                                                                

22      (4) The fees received pursuant to section 915 shall be                      

                                                                                

23  deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the                        

                                                                                

24  administrator to be used by the department in carrying out those            

                                                                                

25  duties required by law.  After the payment of the amounts                   

                                                                                

26  appropriated by the legislature for the necessary expenses                  

                                                                                

27  incurred in the administration of this act, the money remaining             


                                                                                

1   shall be credited to the general fund of the state.                         

                                                                                

2       (5) If any money received by the administrator from fees paid               

                                                                                

3   under subsection (1)(u) is not appropriated to the department in            

                                                                                

4   that fiscal year, the money remaining from those fees shall                 

                                                                                

5   revert to the general fund of this state.                                   

                                                                                

6       (6)  (5)  A minimum charge of $1.00 for each certificate and                

                                                                                

7   50 cents per folio shall be paid to the administrator for                   

                                                                                

8   certifying a part of a file or record pertaining to a corporation           

                                                                                

9   for which provision for payment is not set forth  if a fee for             

                                                                                

10  that service is not described in subsection (1).  The                       

                                                                                

11  administrator may furnish copies of documents, reports, and                 

                                                                                

12  papers required or permitted by law to be filed with the                    

                                                                                

13  administrator, and shall charge for those copies  pursuant to               

                                                                                

14  the fee established in a schedule of fees  which  adopted by the            

                                                                                

15  administrator  shall adopt  with the approval of the state                  

                                                                                

16  administrative board.  The administrator shall retain the revenue           

                                                                                

17  collected under this subsection,  to be used by the department              

                                                                                

18  and the department shall use it to defray the costs for its                 

                                                                                

19  copying and certifying services.                                            

                                                                                

20      (7)  (6)  If a domestic or foreign corporation pays fees or                 

                                                                                

21  penalties by check and the check is dishonored, the fee is unpaid           

                                                                                

22  and the administrator shall rescind the filing of all related               

                                                                                

23  documents.  will be rescinded.                                              

                                                                                

24      (8)  (7)  The administrator may accept a credit card  ,  in                 

                                                                                

25  lieu of cash or check  ,  as payment of a fee under this act.               

                                                                                

26  The administrator shall determine which credit cards  may be                

                                                                                

27  accepted  he or she shall accept for payment.                               


                                                                                

1       (9)  (8)  The administrator may charge a nonrefundable fee of               

                                                                                

2   up to $50.00 for any document submitted or certificate sent by              

                                                                                

3   facsimile or electronic transmission.  The administrator shall              

                                                                                

4   retain the revenue collected under this  section  subsection and            

                                                                                

5   to be used by the department in carrying  the department shall             

                                                                                

6   use it to carry out its duties required by law.                             

                                                                                

7       Enacting section 1.  Section 915 of the business corporation                

                                                                                

8   act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1915, is repealed.