SENATE BILL No. 570

 

 

June 10, 2003, Introduced by Senator EMERSON and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 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  Subject to subsection                 

                                                                                

2   (2), the fees a person shall pay to the administrator when the              

                                                                                

3   documents described in this subsection are delivered to him or              

                                                                                

4   her for filing are as follows:                                              

                                                                                

5       (a) Articles of a domestic  corporations  corporation,                      

                                                                                

6   $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

10  $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   transact business in this state, $10.00.                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

4   under chapter 7, $50.00.                                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7       (g) Certificate of dissolution, $10.00.                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   of withdrawal of a foreign corporation, $10.00.                             

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  termination of assumed name, $10.00.                                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

14  agent, $5.00.                                                               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

16      (m) Certificate of abandonment, $10.00.                                     

                                                                                

17      (n) Certificate of correction, $10.00.                                      

                                                                                

18      (o) Certificate of revocation of dissolution proceedings,                   

                                                                                

19  $10.00.                                                                     

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

23  foreign corporation, $50.00.                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  of a foreign corporation, $50.00.                                           

                                                                                

26      (t) Certificate of termination of registration of corporate                 

                                                                                

27  name of a foreign corporation, $10.00.                                      


                                                                                

1       (u) Report required under section 911, $10.00.                              

                                                                                

2       (2) The fee amounts set forth in subsection (1) apply until                 

                                                                                

3   September 30, 2003.  Beginning October 1, 2003, the amount of               

                                                                                

4   those fees paid to the administrator in any state fiscal year               

                                                                                

5   shall be established by a fee schedule contained in an                      

                                                                                

6   appropriation act for that fiscal year.                                     

                                                                                

7       (3)  (2) The fees prescribed in subsection (1), no part of                  

                                                                                

8   which shall be refunded, shall be  The fees described in                    

                                                                                

9   subsections (1) and (2) are in addition to  the  any franchise              

                                                                                

10  fees prescribed in this act.  , and shall, when collected, be               

                                                                                

11  paid into the treasury of the state and credited to the                     

                                                                                

12  administrator to be used solely by the department in carrying out           

                                                                                

13  those duties required by law.  The administrator shall not refund           

                                                                                

14  all or any part of a fee described in this section.  The                    

                                                                                

15  administrator shall deposit all fees received and collected under           

                                                                                

16  this section in the state treasury to the credit of the                     

                                                                                

17  administrator, who may only use the money credited pursuant to              

                                                                                

18  legislative appropriation and only in carrying out those duties             

                                                                                

19  of the department required by law.                                          

                                                                                

20      (4)  (3) Fees paid by or on behalf of  The fees described in                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22  foreign regulated investment  companies  company as defined in              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

24  corporations for the purposes specified in this section.                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

26  deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the                        

                                                                                

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


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   appropriated by the legislature for the necessary expenses                  

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

8   revert to the general fund of the state.                                    

                                                                                

9       (6)  (5)  A minimum charge of $1.00 for each certificate and                

                                                                                

10  50 cents per folio shall be paid to the administrator for                   

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

13  that service is not described in subsection (1) or established              

                                                                                

14  pursuant to subsection (2).  The administrator may furnish copies           

                                                                                

15  of documents, reports, and papers required or permitted by law to           

                                                                                

16  be filed with the administrator, and shall charge for those                 

                                                                                

17  copies  pursuant to  the fee established in a schedule of fees              

                                                                                

18  which  adopted by the administrator  shall adopt  with the                 

                                                                                

19  approval of the state administrative board.  The administrator              

                                                                                

20  shall retain the revenue collected under this subsection,  to be            

                                                                                

21  used by the department  and the department shall use it to defray           

                                                                                

22  the costs for its copying and certifying services.                          

                                                                                

23      (7)  (6)  If a domestic or foreign corporation pays fees or                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  and the administrator shall rescind the filing of all related               

                                                                                

26  documents.  will be rescinded.                                              

                                                                                

27      (8)  (7)  The administrator may accept a credit card  ,  in                 


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   The administrator shall determine which credit cards  may be                

                                                                                

3   accepted  he or she shall accept for payment.                               

                                                                                

4       (9)  (8)  The administrator may charge a nonrefundable fee of               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   facsimile or electronic transmission.  The administrator shall              

                                                                                

7   retain the revenue collected under this section and  to be used             

                                                                                

8   by the department in carrying  the department shall use it to               

                                                                                

9   carry out its duties required by law.                                       

                                                                                

10      Enacting section 1.  Section 915 of the business corporation                

                                                                                

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