CS/CS/HB 1009: Business Organizations
GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Byrd
Business Organizations; Amends requirements relating to entities under Florida Business Corporation Act, Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act; & corporations not for profit, & limited partnership laws.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/21/2019 House • Filed
2/28/2019 House • Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 101,104
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 101,104
3/21/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/25/19, 3:00 pm, Sumner Hall
3/25/2019 House • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 521
3/26/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 495
3/27/2019 House • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee
• CS referred to Judiciary Committee -HJ 536
• Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 536
4/12/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 04/16/19, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
4/16/2019 House • CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 758
4/18/2019 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• Placed on Calendar -HJ 757
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/19
• CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 756
4/24/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 810,814
• Amendment(s) adopted (188061, 369331, 545745) -HJ 814
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/25/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 860, 864
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 -HJ 864
4/25/2019 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 509
• Received -SJ 506
4/29/2019 Senate • Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Judiciary; Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Appropriations -SJ 593
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 892 -SJ 596
• Read 2nd time -SJ 593
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/30/2019 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 634
• CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 637
4/30/2019 House • Ordered enrolled -HJ 1098
6/5/2019 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/7/2019 • Approved by Governor
6/10/2019 • Chapter No. 2019-90
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CS/CS/HB 1009, Enrolled (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/30/2019 at 4:02 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 892 (c2) Business Organizations Passidomo Similar Last Action: 4/29/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) -SJ 596 H 615 Campaign Finance Roth Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) S 272 Campaign Finance Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) Citations - Statutes (293)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 331.355 Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property. Page 524 (pdf) 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects; federal aid. Page 524 (pdf) 605.0102 Definitions. Page 468 (pdf) 605.0105 Operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations. Page 470 (pdf) 605.0112 Name. Page 470 (pdf) 605.01125 Page 472 (pdf) 605.0113 Registered agent. Page 472 (pdf) 605.0114 Change of registered agent or registered office. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0115 Resignation of registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0116 Change of name or address by registered agent. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0117 Service of process, notice, or demand. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0118 Delivery of record. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0207 Effective date and time. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0209 Correcting filed record. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0210 Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; transmission of information by department. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0211 Certificate of status. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0215 Certificates to be received in evidence and evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 481 (pdf) 605.04092 Conflict of interest transactions. Page 482 (pdf) 605.0410 Records to be kept; rights of member, manager, and person dissociated to information. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0702 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 487 (pdf) 605.0706 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 492 (pdf) 605.0715 Reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0716 Judicial review of denial of reinstatement. Page 497 (pdf) 605.0801 Direct action by member. 605.0803 Proper plaintiff. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0903 Effect of a certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0904 Effect of failure to have certificate of authority. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0907 Amendment to certificate of authority. Page 500 (pdf) 605.0908 Revocation of certificate of authority. Page 502 (pdf) 605.09091 Page 503 (pdf) 605.0910 Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority. Page 504 (pdf) 605.0911 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.0912 Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to nonfiling entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1035 Articles of interest exchange. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1061 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1063 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1072 Other remedies limited. Page 509 (pdf) 607.0101 Short title. Page 28 (pdf) 607.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0120 Filing requirements. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0121 Forms. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0123 Effective time and date of document. Page 35 (pdf) 607.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 38 (pdf) 607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 40 (pdf) 607.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 42 (pdf) 607.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0128 Certificate of status. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0130 Powers of Department of State. Page 46 (pdf) 607.01401 Definitions. Page 48 (pdf) 607.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 607.0143 Page 70 (pdf) 607.0201 Incorporators. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0203 Incorporation. Page 74 (pdf) 607.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0206 Bylaws. Page 76 (pdf) 607.0207 Emergency bylaws. Page 78 (pdf) 607.0208 Page 79 (pdf) 607.0301 Purposes and application. Page 80 (pdf) 607.0302 General powers. Page 81 (pdf) 607.0303 Emergency powers. Page 84 (pdf) 607.0304 Ultra vires. Page 85 (pdf) 607.0401 Corporate name. Page 86 (pdf) 607.04021 Page 87 (pdf) 607.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 88 (pdf) 607.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 90 (pdf) 607.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 92 (pdf) 607.0503 Page 95 (pdf) 607.05031 Page 96 (pdf) 607.05032 Page 97 (pdf) 607.0504 Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. Page 97 (pdf) 607.0505 Registered agent; duties. Page 99 (pdf) 607.0601 Authorized shares. Page 104 (pdf) 607.0602 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors. Page 106 (pdf) 607.0604 Fractional shares. Page 108 (pdf) 607.0620 Subscriptions for shares. Page 109 (pdf) 607.0621 Issuance of shares. Page 110 (pdf) 607.0622 Liability for shares issued before payment. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0623 Share dividends. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0624 Share options. Page 112 (pdf) 607.0625 Form and content of certificates. Page 114 (pdf) 607.0626 Shares without certificates. Page 115 (pdf) 607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0630 Shareholders’ preemptive rights. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0631 Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares. Page 118 (pdf) 607.06401 Distributions to shareholders. Page 119 (pdf) 607.0701 Annual meeting. Page 122 (pdf) 607.0702 Special meeting. Page 124 (pdf) 607.0703 Court-ordered meeting. Page 126 (pdf) 607.0704 Action by shareholders without a meeting. Page 128 (pdf) 607.0705 Notice of meeting. Page 131 (pdf) 607.0706 Waiver of notice. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0707 Record date. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0709 Page 138 (pdf) 607.0720 Shareholders’ list for meeting. Page 140 (pdf) 607.0721 Voting entitlement of shares. Page 142 (pdf) 607.0722 Proxies. Page 144 (pdf) 607.0723 Shares held by nominees. Page 145 (pdf) 607.0724 Corporation’s acceptance of votes. Page 146 (pdf) 607.0725 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. Page 149 (pdf) 607.0726 Action by single and multiple voting groups. Page 150 (pdf) 607.0728 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. Page 151 (pdf) 607.0729 Page 151 (pdf) 607.0730 Voting trusts. Page 154 (pdf) 607.0731 Shareholders’ agreements. Page 155 (pdf) 607.0732 Shareholder agreements. Page 156 (pdf) 607.07401 Shareholders’ derivative actions. Page 160 (pdf) 607.0741 Page 160 (pdf) 607.0742 Page 161 (pdf) 607.0743 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0744 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0745 Page 163 (pdf) 607.0746 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0747 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0748 Page 165 (pdf) 607.0749 Page 167 (pdf) 607.0750 607.0801 Requirement for and duties of board of directors. Page 168 (pdf) 607.0802 Qualifications of directors. Page 169 (pdf) 607.0803 Number of directors. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0805 Terms of directors generally. Page 171 (pdf) 607.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 172 (pdf) 607.0807 Resignation of directors. Page 173 (pdf) 607.0808 Removal of directors by shareholders. Page 174 (pdf) 607.08081 Page 175 (pdf) 607.0809 Vacancy on board. Page 176 (pdf) 607.0820 Meetings. Page 177 (pdf) 607.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 179 (pdf) 607.0825 Committees. Page 180 (pdf) 607.0826 Page 183 (pdf) 607.0830 General standards for directors. Page 184 (pdf) 607.0831 Liability of directors. Page 187 (pdf) 607.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 189 (pdf) 607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations. Page 197 (pdf) 607.0834 Liability for unlawful distributions. Page 197 (pdf) 607.08401 Required officers. Page 198 (pdf) 607.08411 Page 199 (pdf) 607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers. Page 201 (pdf) 607.0850 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 202 (pdf) 607.0851 Page 212 (pdf) 607.0852 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0853 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0854 Page 216 (pdf) 607.0855 Page 217 (pdf) 607.0857 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0858 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0859 Page 222 (pdf) 607.0901 Affiliated transactions. Page 223 (pdf) 607.0902 Control-share acquisitions. Page 233 (pdf) 607.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 234 (pdf) 607.1002 Amendment by board of directors. Page 235 (pdf) 607.10025 Shares; combination or division. Page 236 (pdf) 607.1003 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders. Page 238 (pdf) 607.1004 Voting on amendments by voting groups. Page 242 (pdf) 607.1005 Amendment before issuance of shares. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1006 Articles of amendment. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 246 (pdf) 607.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1020 Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders. Page 250 (pdf) 607.1021 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1023 Page 252 (pdf) 607.1101 Merger. Page 254 (pdf) 607.1102 Share exchange. Page 259 (pdf) 607.1103 Action on plan. Page 264 (pdf) 607.11035 Page 273 (pdf) 607.1104 Merger of subsidiary corporation. Page 276 (pdf) 607.11045 Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations. Page 280 (pdf) 607.1105 Articles of merger or share exchange. Page 283 (pdf) 607.1106 Effect of merger or share exchange. Page 288 (pdf) 607.1107 Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations. Page 295 (pdf) 607.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1109 Articles of merger. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11101 Effect of merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1112 Conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1113 Certificate of conversion. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1114 Effect of conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1115 Conversion of another business entity to a domestic corporation. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11920 Page 299 (pdf) 607.11921 Page 300 (pdf) 607.11922 Page 303 (pdf) 607.11923 Page 305 (pdf) 607.11924 Page 307 (pdf) 607.11930 Page 311 (pdf) 607.11931 Page 312 (pdf) 607.11932 Page 313 (pdf) 607.11933 Page 316 (pdf) 607.11934 Page 318 (pdf) 607.11935 Page 320 (pdf) 607.1201 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. Page 324 (pdf) 607.1202 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. Page 326 (pdf) 607.1301 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 330 (pdf) 607.1302 Right of shareholders to appraisal. Page 334 (pdf) 607.1303 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners. Page 345 (pdf) 607.1320 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 346 (pdf) 607.1321 Notice of intent to demand payment. Page 348 (pdf) 607.1322 Appraisal notice and form. Page 350 (pdf) 607.1323 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw. Page 352 (pdf) 607.1324 Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1326 Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1330 Court action. Page 354 (pdf) 607.1331 Court costs and counsel fees. Page 355 (pdf) 607.1332 Disposition of acquired shares. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1333 Limitation on corporate payment. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1340 Page 357 (pdf) 607.1401 Dissolution by incorporators or directors. Page 358 (pdf) 607.1402 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders. Page 359 (pdf) 607.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 360 (pdf) 607.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 362 (pdf) 607.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 363 (pdf) 607.1406 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 365 (pdf) 607.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 374 (pdf) 607.1408 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1409 Page 379 (pdf) 607.1410 Page 380 (pdf) 607.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 381 (pdf) 607.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 387 (pdf) 607.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 388 (pdf) 607.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 394 (pdf) 607.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 395 (pdf) 607.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 397 (pdf) 607.1434 Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution. Page 398 (pdf) 607.1435 Provisional director. Page 399 (pdf) 607.1436 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 400 (pdf) 607.14401 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 405 (pdf) 607.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required. Page 405 (pdf) 607.15015 Page 408 (pdf) 607.1502 Consequences of transacting business without authority. Page 408 (pdf) 607.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 411 (pdf) 607.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 413 (pdf) 607.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 415 (pdf) 607.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 416 (pdf) 607.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 419 (pdf) 607.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 422 (pdf) 607.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 424 (pdf) 607.15091 Page 425 (pdf) 607.15092 Page 426 (pdf) 607.15101 Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. Page 427 (pdf) 607.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 430 (pdf) 607.1521 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1522 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1523 Page 433 (pdf) 607.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to transact business. Page 433 (pdf) 607.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 436 (pdf) 607.15315 Revocation; application for reinstatement. Page 437 (pdf) 607.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 440 (pdf) 607.1601 Corporate records. Page 441 (pdf) 607.1602 Inspection of records by shareholders. Page 444 (pdf) 607.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 448 (pdf) 607.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 450 (pdf) 607.1605 Inspection of records by directors. Page 452 (pdf) 607.1620 Financial statements for shareholders. Page 453 (pdf) 607.1621 Other reports to shareholders. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 459 (pdf) 607.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1801 Domestication of foreign corporations. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1907 Effect of repeal of prior acts. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1908 Page 466 (pdf) 607.504 Election of social purpose corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 607.604 Election of benefit corporation status. Page 467 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 510 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 511 (pdf) 617.05015 Page 512 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. Page 514 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 515 (pdf) 620.1108 Name. Page 516 (pdf) 620.11085 Page 518 (pdf) 620.2104 Filings required for conversion; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members. Page 521 (pdf) 628.530 Effects of redomestication. Page 526 (pdf) 631.0515 Appointment of receiver; insurance holding company. Page 527 (pdf) 658.44 Approval by stockholders; rights of dissenters; preemptive rights. Page 528 (pdf) 662.150 Domestication of a foreign family trust company. Page 523 (pdf) 663.03 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 528 (pdf) 663.403 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 528 (pdf) 694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities. Page 529 (pdf) 865.09 Fictitious name registration. Page 522 (pdf) -
CS/CS/HB 1009, Engrossed 1 Posted 4/24/2019 at 11:21 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (3)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 892 (c2) Business Organizations Passidomo Similar Last Action: 4/29/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) -SJ 596 H 615 Campaign Finance Roth Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) S 272 Campaign Finance Baxley Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1009 (Ch. 2019-90) Floor Votes (2)
Date Chamber Result 4/25/2019 11:44 AM House 111 Yeas - 0 Nays 4/30/2019 2:26 PM Senate 40 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (293)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 331.355 Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property. Page 524 (pdf) 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects; federal aid. Page 524 (pdf) 605.0102 Definitions. Page 468 (pdf) 605.0105 Operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations. Page 470 (pdf) 605.0112 Name. Page 470 (pdf) 605.01125 Page 472 (pdf) 605.0113 Registered agent. Page 472 (pdf) 605.0114 Change of registered agent or registered office. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0115 Resignation of registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0116 Change of name or address by registered agent. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0117 Service of process, notice, or demand. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0118 Delivery of record. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0207 Effective date and time. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0209 Correcting filed record. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0210 Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; transmission of information by department. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0211 Certificate of status. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0215 Certificates to be received in evidence and evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 481 (pdf) 605.04092 Conflict of interest transactions. Page 482 (pdf) 605.0410 Records to be kept; rights of member, manager, and person dissociated to information. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0702 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 487 (pdf) 605.0706 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 492 (pdf) 605.0715 Reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0716 Judicial review of denial of reinstatement. Page 497 (pdf) 605.0801 Direct action by member. 605.0803 Proper plaintiff. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0903 Effect of a certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0904 Effect of failure to have certificate of authority. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0907 Amendment to certificate of authority. Page 500 (pdf) 605.0908 Revocation of certificate of authority. Page 502 (pdf) 605.09091 Page 503 (pdf) 605.0910 Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority. Page 504 (pdf) 605.0911 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.0912 Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to nonfiling entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1035 Articles of interest exchange. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1061 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1063 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1072 Other remedies limited. Page 509 (pdf) 607.0101 Short title. Page 28 (pdf) 607.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0120 Filing requirements. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0121 Forms. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0123 Effective time and date of document. Page 35 (pdf) 607.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 38 (pdf) 607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 40 (pdf) 607.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 42 (pdf) 607.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0128 Certificate of status. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0130 Powers of Department of State. Page 46 (pdf) 607.01401 Definitions. Page 48 (pdf) 607.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 607.0143 Page 70 (pdf) 607.0201 Incorporators. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0203 Incorporation. Page 74 (pdf) 607.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0206 Bylaws. Page 76 (pdf) 607.0207 Emergency bylaws. Page 78 (pdf) 607.0208 Page 79 (pdf) 607.0301 Purposes and application. Page 80 (pdf) 607.0302 General powers. Page 81 (pdf) 607.0303 Emergency powers. Page 84 (pdf) 607.0304 Ultra vires. Page 85 (pdf) 607.0401 Corporate name. Page 86 (pdf) 607.04021 Page 87 (pdf) 607.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 88 (pdf) 607.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 90 (pdf) 607.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 92 (pdf) 607.0503 Page 95 (pdf) 607.05031 Page 96 (pdf) 607.05032 Page 97 (pdf) 607.0504 Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. Page 97 (pdf) 607.0505 Registered agent; duties. Page 99 (pdf) 607.0601 Authorized shares. Page 104 (pdf) 607.0602 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors. Page 106 (pdf) 607.0604 Fractional shares. Page 108 (pdf) 607.0620 Subscriptions for shares. Page 109 (pdf) 607.0621 Issuance of shares. Page 110 (pdf) 607.0622 Liability for shares issued before payment. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0623 Share dividends. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0624 Share options. Page 112 (pdf) 607.0625 Form and content of certificates. Page 114 (pdf) 607.0626 Shares without certificates. Page 115 (pdf) 607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0630 Shareholders’ preemptive rights. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0631 Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares. Page 118 (pdf) 607.06401 Distributions to shareholders. Page 119 (pdf) 607.0701 Annual meeting. Page 122 (pdf) 607.0702 Special meeting. Page 124 (pdf) 607.0703 Court-ordered meeting. Page 126 (pdf) 607.0704 Action by shareholders without a meeting. Page 128 (pdf) 607.0705 Notice of meeting. Page 131 (pdf) 607.0706 Waiver of notice. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0707 Record date. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0709 Page 138 (pdf) 607.0720 Shareholders’ list for meeting. Page 140 (pdf) 607.0721 Voting entitlement of shares. Page 142 (pdf) 607.0722 Proxies. Page 144 (pdf) 607.0723 Shares held by nominees. Page 145 (pdf) 607.0724 Corporation’s acceptance of votes. Page 146 (pdf) 607.0725 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. Page 149 (pdf) 607.0726 Action by single and multiple voting groups. Page 150 (pdf) 607.0728 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. Page 151 (pdf) 607.0729 Page 151 (pdf) 607.0730 Voting trusts. Page 154 (pdf) 607.0731 Shareholders’ agreements. Page 155 (pdf) 607.0732 Shareholder agreements. Page 156 (pdf) 607.07401 Shareholders’ derivative actions. Page 160 (pdf) 607.0741 Page 160 (pdf) 607.0742 Page 161 (pdf) 607.0743 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0744 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0745 Page 163 (pdf) 607.0746 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0747 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0748 Page 165 (pdf) 607.0749 Page 167 (pdf) 607.0750 607.0801 Requirement for and duties of board of directors. Page 168 (pdf) 607.0802 Qualifications of directors. Page 169 (pdf) 607.0803 Number of directors. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0805 Terms of directors generally. Page 171 (pdf) 607.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 172 (pdf) 607.0807 Resignation of directors. Page 173 (pdf) 607.0808 Removal of directors by shareholders. Page 174 (pdf) 607.08081 Page 175 (pdf) 607.0809 Vacancy on board. Page 176 (pdf) 607.0820 Meetings. Page 177 (pdf) 607.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 179 (pdf) 607.0825 Committees. Page 180 (pdf) 607.0826 Page 183 (pdf) 607.0830 General standards for directors. Page 184 (pdf) 607.0831 Liability of directors. Page 187 (pdf) 607.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 189 (pdf) 607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations. Page 197 (pdf) 607.0834 Liability for unlawful distributions. Page 197 (pdf) 607.08401 Required officers. Page 198 (pdf) 607.08411 Page 199 (pdf) 607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers. Page 201 (pdf) 607.0850 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 202 (pdf) 607.0851 Page 212 (pdf) 607.0852 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0853 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0854 Page 216 (pdf) 607.0855 Page 217 (pdf) 607.0857 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0858 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0859 Page 222 (pdf) 607.0901 Affiliated transactions. Page 223 (pdf) 607.0902 Control-share acquisitions. Page 233 (pdf) 607.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 234 (pdf) 607.1002 Amendment by board of directors. Page 235 (pdf) 607.10025 Shares; combination or division. Page 236 (pdf) 607.1003 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders. Page 238 (pdf) 607.1004 Voting on amendments by voting groups. Page 242 (pdf) 607.1005 Amendment before issuance of shares. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1006 Articles of amendment. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 246 (pdf) 607.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1020 Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders. Page 250 (pdf) 607.1021 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1023 Page 252 (pdf) 607.1101 Merger. Page 254 (pdf) 607.1102 Share exchange. Page 259 (pdf) 607.1103 Action on plan. Page 264 (pdf) 607.11035 Page 273 (pdf) 607.1104 Merger of subsidiary corporation. Page 276 (pdf) 607.11045 Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations. Page 280 (pdf) 607.1105 Articles of merger or share exchange. Page 283 (pdf) 607.1106 Effect of merger or share exchange. Page 288 (pdf) 607.1107 Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations. Page 295 (pdf) 607.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1109 Articles of merger. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11101 Effect of merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1112 Conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1113 Certificate of conversion. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1114 Effect of conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1115 Conversion of another business entity to a domestic corporation. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11920 Page 299 (pdf) 607.11921 Page 300 (pdf) 607.11922 Page 303 (pdf) 607.11923 Page 305 (pdf) 607.11924 Page 307 (pdf) 607.11930 Page 311 (pdf) 607.11931 Page 312 (pdf) 607.11932 Page 313 (pdf) 607.11933 Page 316 (pdf) 607.11934 Page 318 (pdf) 607.11935 Page 320 (pdf) 607.1201 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. Page 324 (pdf) 607.1202 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. Page 326 (pdf) 607.1301 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 330 (pdf) 607.1302 Right of shareholders to appraisal. Page 334 (pdf) 607.1303 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners. Page 345 (pdf) 607.1320 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 346 (pdf) 607.1321 Notice of intent to demand payment. Page 348 (pdf) 607.1322 Appraisal notice and form. Page 350 (pdf) 607.1323 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw. Page 352 (pdf) 607.1324 Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1326 Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1330 Court action. Page 354 (pdf) 607.1331 Court costs and counsel fees. Page 355 (pdf) 607.1332 Disposition of acquired shares. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1333 Limitation on corporate payment. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1340 Page 357 (pdf) 607.1401 Dissolution by incorporators or directors. Page 358 (pdf) 607.1402 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders. Page 359 (pdf) 607.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 360 (pdf) 607.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 362 (pdf) 607.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 363 (pdf) 607.1406 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 365 (pdf) 607.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 374 (pdf) 607.1408 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1409 Page 379 (pdf) 607.1410 Page 380 (pdf) 607.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 381 (pdf) 607.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 387 (pdf) 607.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 388 (pdf) 607.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 394 (pdf) 607.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 395 (pdf) 607.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 397 (pdf) 607.1434 Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution. Page 398 (pdf) 607.1435 Provisional director. Page 399 (pdf) 607.1436 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 400 (pdf) 607.14401 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 405 (pdf) 607.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required. Page 405 (pdf) 607.15015 Page 408 (pdf) 607.1502 Consequences of transacting business without authority. Page 408 (pdf) 607.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 411 (pdf) 607.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 413 (pdf) 607.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 415 (pdf) 607.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 416 (pdf) 607.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 419 (pdf) 607.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 422 (pdf) 607.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 424 (pdf) 607.15091 Page 425 (pdf) 607.15092 Page 426 (pdf) 607.15101 Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. Page 427 (pdf) 607.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 430 (pdf) 607.1521 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1522 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1523 Page 433 (pdf) 607.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to transact business. Page 433 (pdf) 607.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 436 (pdf) 607.15315 Revocation; application for reinstatement. Page 437 (pdf) 607.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 440 (pdf) 607.1601 Corporate records. Page 441 (pdf) 607.1602 Inspection of records by shareholders. Page 444 (pdf) 607.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 448 (pdf) 607.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 450 (pdf) 607.1605 Inspection of records by directors. Page 452 (pdf) 607.1620 Financial statements for shareholders. Page 453 (pdf) 607.1621 Other reports to shareholders. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 459 (pdf) 607.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1801 Domestication of foreign corporations. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1907 Effect of repeal of prior acts. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1908 Page 466 (pdf) 607.504 Election of social purpose corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 607.604 Election of benefit corporation status. Page 467 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 510 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 511 (pdf) 617.05015 Page 512 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. Page 514 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 515 (pdf) 620.1108 Name. Page 516 (pdf) 620.11085 Page 518 (pdf) 620.2104 Filings required for conversion; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members. 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Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 331.355 Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property. Page 524 (pdf) 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects; federal aid. Page 524 (pdf) 605.0102 Definitions. Page 468 (pdf) 605.0105 Operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations. Page 470 (pdf) 605.0112 Name. Page 470 (pdf) 605.01125 Page 472 (pdf) 605.0113 Registered agent. Page 472 (pdf) 605.0114 Change of registered agent or registered office. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0115 Resignation of registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0116 Change of name or address by registered agent. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0117 Service of process, notice, or demand. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0118 Delivery of record. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0207 Effective date and time. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0209 Correcting filed record. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0210 Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; transmission of information by department. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0211 Certificate of status. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0215 Certificates to be received in evidence and evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 481 (pdf) 605.04092 Conflict of interest transactions. Page 482 (pdf) 605.0410 Records to be kept; rights of member, manager, and person dissociated to information. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0702 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 487 (pdf) 605.0706 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 492 (pdf) 605.0715 Reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0716 Judicial review of denial of reinstatement. Page 497 (pdf) 605.0801 Direct action by member. 605.0803 Proper plaintiff. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0903 Effect of a certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0904 Effect of failure to have certificate of authority. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0907 Amendment to certificate of authority. Page 500 (pdf) 605.0908 Revocation of certificate of authority. Page 502 (pdf) 605.09091 Page 503 (pdf) 605.0910 Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority. Page 504 (pdf) 605.0911 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.0912 Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to nonfiling entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1035 Articles of interest exchange. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1061 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1063 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1072 Other remedies limited. Page 509 (pdf) 607.0101 Short title. Page 28 (pdf) 607.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0120 Filing requirements. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0121 Forms. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0123 Effective time and date of document. Page 35 (pdf) 607.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 38 (pdf) 607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 40 (pdf) 607.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 42 (pdf) 607.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0128 Certificate of status. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0130 Powers of Department of State. Page 46 (pdf) 607.01401 Definitions. Page 48 (pdf) 607.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 607.0143 Page 70 (pdf) 607.0201 Incorporators. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0203 Incorporation. Page 74 (pdf) 607.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0206 Bylaws. Page 76 (pdf) 607.0207 Emergency bylaws. Page 78 (pdf) 607.0208 Page 79 (pdf) 607.0301 Purposes and application. Page 80 (pdf) 607.0302 General powers. Page 81 (pdf) 607.0303 Emergency powers. Page 84 (pdf) 607.0304 Ultra vires. Page 85 (pdf) 607.0401 Corporate name. Page 86 (pdf) 607.04021 Page 87 (pdf) 607.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 88 (pdf) 607.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 90 (pdf) 607.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 92 (pdf) 607.0503 Page 95 (pdf) 607.05031 Page 96 (pdf) 607.05032 Page 97 (pdf) 607.0504 Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. Page 97 (pdf) 607.0505 Registered agent; duties. Page 99 (pdf) 607.0601 Authorized shares. Page 104 (pdf) 607.0602 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors. Page 106 (pdf) 607.0604 Fractional shares. Page 108 (pdf) 607.0620 Subscriptions for shares. Page 109 (pdf) 607.0621 Issuance of shares. Page 110 (pdf) 607.0622 Liability for shares issued before payment. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0623 Share dividends. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0624 Share options. Page 112 (pdf) 607.0625 Form and content of certificates. Page 114 (pdf) 607.0626 Shares without certificates. Page 115 (pdf) 607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0630 Shareholders’ preemptive rights. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0631 Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares. Page 118 (pdf) 607.06401 Distributions to shareholders. Page 119 (pdf) 607.0701 Annual meeting. Page 122 (pdf) 607.0702 Special meeting. Page 124 (pdf) 607.0703 Court-ordered meeting. Page 126 (pdf) 607.0704 Action by shareholders without a meeting. Page 128 (pdf) 607.0705 Notice of meeting. Page 131 (pdf) 607.0706 Waiver of notice. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0707 Record date. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0709 Page 138 (pdf) 607.0720 Shareholders’ list for meeting. Page 140 (pdf) 607.0721 Voting entitlement of shares. Page 142 (pdf) 607.0722 Proxies. Page 144 (pdf) 607.0723 Shares held by nominees. Page 145 (pdf) 607.0724 Corporation’s acceptance of votes. Page 146 (pdf) 607.0725 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. Page 149 (pdf) 607.0726 Action by single and multiple voting groups. Page 150 (pdf) 607.0728 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. Page 151 (pdf) 607.0729 Page 151 (pdf) 607.0730 Voting trusts. Page 154 (pdf) 607.0731 Shareholders’ agreements. Page 155 (pdf) 607.0732 Shareholder agreements. Page 156 (pdf) 607.07401 Shareholders’ derivative actions. Page 160 (pdf) 607.0741 Page 160 (pdf) 607.0742 Page 161 (pdf) 607.0743 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0744 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0745 Page 163 (pdf) 607.0746 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0747 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0748 Page 165 (pdf) 607.0749 Page 167 (pdf) 607.0750 607.0801 Requirement for and duties of board of directors. Page 168 (pdf) 607.0802 Qualifications of directors. Page 169 (pdf) 607.0803 Number of directors. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0805 Terms of directors generally. Page 171 (pdf) 607.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 172 (pdf) 607.0807 Resignation of directors. Page 173 (pdf) 607.0808 Removal of directors by shareholders. Page 174 (pdf) 607.08081 Page 175 (pdf) 607.0809 Vacancy on board. Page 176 (pdf) 607.0820 Meetings. Page 177 (pdf) 607.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 179 (pdf) 607.0825 Committees. Page 180 (pdf) 607.0826 Page 183 (pdf) 607.0830 General standards for directors. Page 184 (pdf) 607.0831 Liability of directors. Page 187 (pdf) 607.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 189 (pdf) 607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations. Page 197 (pdf) 607.0834 Liability for unlawful distributions. Page 197 (pdf) 607.08401 Required officers. Page 198 (pdf) 607.08411 Page 199 (pdf) 607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers. Page 201 (pdf) 607.0850 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 202 (pdf) 607.0851 Page 212 (pdf) 607.0852 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0853 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0854 Page 216 (pdf) 607.0855 Page 217 (pdf) 607.0857 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0858 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0859 Page 222 (pdf) 607.0901 Affiliated transactions. Page 223 (pdf) 607.0902 Control-share acquisitions. Page 233 (pdf) 607.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 234 (pdf) 607.1002 Amendment by board of directors. Page 235 (pdf) 607.10025 Shares; combination or division. Page 236 (pdf) 607.1003 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders. Page 238 (pdf) 607.1004 Voting on amendments by voting groups. Page 242 (pdf) 607.1005 Amendment before issuance of shares. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1006 Articles of amendment. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 246 (pdf) 607.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1020 Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders. Page 250 (pdf) 607.1021 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1023 Page 252 (pdf) 607.1101 Merger. Page 254 (pdf) 607.1102 Share exchange. Page 259 (pdf) 607.1103 Action on plan. Page 264 (pdf) 607.11035 Page 273 (pdf) 607.1104 Merger of subsidiary corporation. Page 276 (pdf) 607.11045 Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations. Page 280 (pdf) 607.1105 Articles of merger or share exchange. Page 283 (pdf) 607.1106 Effect of merger or share exchange. Page 288 (pdf) 607.1107 Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations. Page 295 (pdf) 607.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1109 Articles of merger. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11101 Effect of merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1112 Conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1113 Certificate of conversion. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1114 Effect of conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1115 Conversion of another business entity to a domestic corporation. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11920 Page 299 (pdf) 607.11921 Page 300 (pdf) 607.11922 Page 303 (pdf) 607.11923 Page 305 (pdf) 607.11924 Page 307 (pdf) 607.11930 Page 311 (pdf) 607.11931 Page 312 (pdf) 607.11932 Page 313 (pdf) 607.11933 Page 316 (pdf) 607.11934 Page 318 (pdf) 607.11935 Page 320 (pdf) 607.1201 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. Page 324 (pdf) 607.1202 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. Page 326 (pdf) 607.1301 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 330 (pdf) 607.1302 Right of shareholders to appraisal. Page 334 (pdf) 607.1303 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners. Page 345 (pdf) 607.1320 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 346 (pdf) 607.1321 Notice of intent to demand payment. Page 348 (pdf) 607.1322 Appraisal notice and form. Page 350 (pdf) 607.1323 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw. Page 352 (pdf) 607.1324 Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1326 Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1330 Court action. Page 354 (pdf) 607.1331 Court costs and counsel fees. Page 355 (pdf) 607.1332 Disposition of acquired shares. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1333 Limitation on corporate payment. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1340 Page 357 (pdf) 607.1401 Dissolution by incorporators or directors. Page 358 (pdf) 607.1402 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders. Page 359 (pdf) 607.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 360 (pdf) 607.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 362 (pdf) 607.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 363 (pdf) 607.1406 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 365 (pdf) 607.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 374 (pdf) 607.1408 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1409 Page 379 (pdf) 607.1410 Page 380 (pdf) 607.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 381 (pdf) 607.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 387 (pdf) 607.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 388 (pdf) 607.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 394 (pdf) 607.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 395 (pdf) 607.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 397 (pdf) 607.1434 Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution. Page 398 (pdf) 607.1435 Provisional director. Page 399 (pdf) 607.1436 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 400 (pdf) 607.14401 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 405 (pdf) 607.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required. Page 405 (pdf) 607.15015 Page 408 (pdf) 607.1502 Consequences of transacting business without authority. Page 408 (pdf) 607.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 411 (pdf) 607.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 413 (pdf) 607.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 415 (pdf) 607.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 416 (pdf) 607.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 419 (pdf) 607.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 422 (pdf) 607.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 424 (pdf) 607.15091 Page 425 (pdf) 607.15092 Page 426 (pdf) 607.15101 Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. Page 427 (pdf) 607.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 430 (pdf) 607.1521 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1522 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1523 Page 433 (pdf) 607.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to transact business. Page 433 (pdf) 607.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 436 (pdf) 607.15315 Revocation; application for reinstatement. Page 437 (pdf) 607.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 440 (pdf) 607.1601 Corporate records. Page 441 (pdf) 607.1602 Inspection of records by shareholders. Page 444 (pdf) 607.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 448 (pdf) 607.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 450 (pdf) 607.1605 Inspection of records by directors. Page 452 (pdf) 607.1620 Financial statements for shareholders. Page 453 (pdf) 607.1621 Other reports to shareholders. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 459 (pdf) 607.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1801 Domestication of foreign corporations. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1907 Effect of repeal of prior acts. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1908 Page 466 (pdf) 607.504 Election of social purpose corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 607.604 Election of benefit corporation status. Page 467 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 510 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 511 (pdf) 617.05015 Page 512 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. Page 514 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 515 (pdf) 620.1108 Name. Page 516 (pdf) 620.11085 Page 518 (pdf) 620.2104 Filings required for conversion; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members. 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Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 331.355 Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property. Page 524 (pdf) 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects; federal aid. Page 524 (pdf) 605.0102 Definitions. Page 468 (pdf) 605.0105 Operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations. Page 470 (pdf) 605.0112 Name. Page 470 (pdf) 605.01125 Page 472 (pdf) 605.0113 Registered agent. Page 472 (pdf) 605.0114 Change of registered agent or registered office. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0115 Resignation of registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0116 Change of name or address by registered agent. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0117 Service of process, notice, or demand. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0118 Delivery of record. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0207 Effective date and time. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0209 Correcting filed record. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0210 Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; transmission of information by department. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0211 Certificate of status. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0215 Certificates to be received in evidence and evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 481 (pdf) 605.04092 Conflict of interest transactions. Page 482 (pdf) 605.0410 Records to be kept; rights of member, manager, and person dissociated to information. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0702 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 487 (pdf) 605.0706 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 492 (pdf) 605.0715 Reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0716 Judicial review of denial of reinstatement. Page 497 (pdf) 605.0803 Proper plaintiff. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0903 Effect of a certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0904 Effect of failure to have certificate of authority. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0907 Amendment to certificate of authority. Page 500 (pdf) 605.0908 Revocation of certificate of authority. Page 502 (pdf) 605.09091 Page 503 (pdf) 605.0910 Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority. Page 504 (pdf) 605.0911 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.0912 Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to nonfiling entity. Page 506 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1035 Articles of interest exchange. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1061 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1063 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1072 Other remedies limited. Page 509 (pdf) 607.0101 Short title. Page 28 (pdf) 607.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0120 Filing requirements. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0121 Forms. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0123 Effective time and date of document. Page 35 (pdf) 607.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 38 (pdf) 607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 40 (pdf) 607.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 42 (pdf) 607.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0128 Certificate of status. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0130 Powers of Department of State. Page 46 (pdf) 607.01401 Definitions. Page 48 (pdf) 607.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 607.0143 Page 70 (pdf) 607.0201 Incorporators. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0203 Incorporation. Page 74 (pdf) 607.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0206 Bylaws. Page 76 (pdf) 607.0207 Emergency bylaws. Page 78 (pdf) 607.0208 Page 79 (pdf) 607.0301 Purposes and application. Page 80 (pdf) 607.0302 General powers. Page 81 (pdf) 607.0303 Emergency powers. Page 84 (pdf) 607.0304 Ultra vires. Page 85 (pdf) 607.0401 Corporate name. Page 86 (pdf) 607.04021 Page 87 (pdf) 607.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 88 (pdf) 607.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 90 (pdf) 607.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 92 (pdf) 607.0503 Page 95 (pdf) 607.05031 Page 96 (pdf) 607.05032 Page 97 (pdf) 607.0504 Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. Page 97 (pdf) 607.0505 Registered agent; duties. Page 99 (pdf) 607.0601 Authorized shares. Page 104 (pdf) 607.0602 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors. Page 106 (pdf) 607.0604 Fractional shares. Page 108 (pdf) 607.0620 Subscriptions for shares. Page 109 (pdf) 607.0621 Issuance of shares. Page 110 (pdf) 607.0622 Liability for shares issued before payment. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0623 Share dividends. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0624 Share options. Page 112 (pdf) 607.0625 Form and content of certificates. Page 114 (pdf) 607.0626 Shares without certificates. Page 115 (pdf) 607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0630 Shareholders’ preemptive rights. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0631 Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares. Page 118 (pdf) 607.06401 Distributions to shareholders. Page 119 (pdf) 607.0701 Annual meeting. Page 122 (pdf) 607.0702 Special meeting. Page 124 (pdf) 607.0703 Court-ordered meeting. Page 126 (pdf) 607.0704 Action by shareholders without a meeting. Page 128 (pdf) 607.0705 Notice of meeting. Page 131 (pdf) 607.0706 Waiver of notice. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0707 Record date. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0709 Page 138 (pdf) 607.0720 Shareholders’ list for meeting. Page 140 (pdf) 607.0721 Voting entitlement of shares. Page 142 (pdf) 607.0722 Proxies. Page 144 (pdf) 607.0723 Shares held by nominees. Page 145 (pdf) 607.0724 Corporation’s acceptance of votes. Page 146 (pdf) 607.0725 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. Page 149 (pdf) 607.0726 Action by single and multiple voting groups. Page 150 (pdf) 607.0728 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. Page 151 (pdf) 607.0729 Page 151 (pdf) 607.0730 Voting trusts. Page 154 (pdf) 607.0731 Shareholders’ agreements. Page 155 (pdf) 607.0732 Shareholder agreements. Page 156 (pdf) 607.07401 Shareholders’ derivative actions. Page 160 (pdf) 607.0741 Page 160 (pdf) 607.0742 Page 161 (pdf) 607.0743 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0744 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0745 Page 163 (pdf) 607.0746 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0747 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0748 Page 165 (pdf) 607.0749 Page 167 (pdf) 607.0801 Requirement for and duties of board of directors. Page 168 (pdf) 607.0802 Qualifications of directors. Page 169 (pdf) 607.0803 Number of directors. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0805 Terms of directors generally. Page 171 (pdf) 607.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 172 (pdf) 607.0807 Resignation of directors. Page 173 (pdf) 607.0808 Removal of directors by shareholders. Page 174 (pdf) 607.08081 Page 175 (pdf) 607.0809 Vacancy on board. Page 176 (pdf) 607.0820 Meetings. Page 177 (pdf) 607.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 179 (pdf) 607.0825 Committees. Page 180 (pdf) 607.0826 Page 183 (pdf) 607.0830 General standards for directors. Page 184 (pdf) 607.0831 Liability of directors. Page 187 (pdf) 607.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 189 (pdf) 607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations. Page 197 (pdf) 607.0834 Liability for unlawful distributions. Page 197 (pdf) 607.08401 Required officers. Page 198 (pdf) 607.08411 Page 199 (pdf) 607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers. Page 201 (pdf) 607.0850 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 202 (pdf) 607.0851 Page 212 (pdf) 607.0852 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0853 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0854 Page 216 (pdf) 607.0855 Page 217 (pdf) 607.0857 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0858 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0859 Page 222 (pdf) 607.0901 Affiliated transactions. Page 223 (pdf) 607.0902 Control-share acquisitions. Page 233 (pdf) 607.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 234 (pdf) 607.1002 Amendment by board of directors. Page 235 (pdf) 607.10025 Shares; combination or division. Page 236 (pdf) 607.1003 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders. Page 238 (pdf) 607.1004 Voting on amendments by voting groups. Page 242 (pdf) 607.1005 Amendment before issuance of shares. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1006 Articles of amendment. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 246 (pdf) 607.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1020 Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders. Page 250 (pdf) 607.1021 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1023 Page 252 (pdf) 607.1101 Merger. Page 254 (pdf) 607.1102 Share exchange. Page 259 (pdf) 607.1103 Action on plan. Page 264 (pdf) 607.11035 Page 273 (pdf) 607.1104 Merger of subsidiary corporation. Page 276 (pdf) 607.11045 Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations. Page 280 (pdf) 607.1105 Articles of merger or share exchange. Page 283 (pdf) 607.1106 Effect of merger or share exchange. Page 288 (pdf) 607.1107 Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations. Page 295 (pdf) 607.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1109 Articles of merger. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11101 Effect of merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1112 Conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1113 Certificate of conversion. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1114 Effect of conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1115 Conversion of another business entity to a domestic corporation. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11920 Page 299 (pdf) 607.11921 Page 300 (pdf) 607.11922 Page 303 (pdf) 607.11923 Page 305 (pdf) 607.11924 Page 307 (pdf) 607.11930 Page 311 (pdf) 607.11931 Page 312 (pdf) 607.11932 Page 313 (pdf) 607.11933 Page 316 (pdf) 607.11934 Page 318 (pdf) 607.11935 Page 320 (pdf) 607.1201 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. Page 324 (pdf) 607.1202 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. Page 326 (pdf) 607.1301 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 330 (pdf) 607.1302 Right of shareholders to appraisal. Page 334 (pdf) 607.1303 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners. Page 345 (pdf) 607.1320 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 346 (pdf) 607.1321 Notice of intent to demand payment. Page 348 (pdf) 607.1322 Appraisal notice and form. Page 350 (pdf) 607.1323 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw. Page 352 (pdf) 607.1324 Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1326 Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1330 Court action. Page 354 (pdf) 607.1331 Court costs and counsel fees. Page 355 (pdf) 607.1332 Disposition of acquired shares. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1333 Limitation on corporate payment. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1340 Page 357 (pdf) 607.1401 Dissolution by incorporators or directors. Page 358 (pdf) 607.1402 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders. Page 359 (pdf) 607.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 360 (pdf) 607.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 362 (pdf) 607.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 363 (pdf) 607.1406 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 365 (pdf) 607.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 374 (pdf) 607.1408 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1409 Page 379 (pdf) 607.1410 Page 380 (pdf) 607.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 381 (pdf) 607.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 384 (pdf) 607.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 387 (pdf) 607.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 388 (pdf) 607.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 394 (pdf) 607.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 395 (pdf) 607.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 397 (pdf) 607.1434 Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution. Page 398 (pdf) 607.1435 Provisional director. Page 399 (pdf) 607.1436 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 400 (pdf) 607.14401 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 405 (pdf) 607.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required. Page 405 (pdf) 607.15015 Page 408 (pdf) 607.1502 Consequences of transacting business without authority. Page 408 (pdf) 607.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 411 (pdf) 607.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 413 (pdf) 607.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 415 (pdf) 607.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 416 (pdf) 607.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 419 (pdf) 607.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 422 (pdf) 607.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 424 (pdf) 607.15091 Page 425 (pdf) 607.15092 Page 426 (pdf) 607.15101 Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. Page 427 (pdf) 607.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 430 (pdf) 607.1521 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1522 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1523 Page 433 (pdf) 607.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to transact business. Page 433 (pdf) 607.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 436 (pdf) 607.15315 Revocation; application for reinstatement. Page 437 (pdf) 607.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 440 (pdf) 607.1601 Corporate records. Page 441 (pdf) 607.1602 Inspection of records by shareholders. Page 444 (pdf) 607.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 448 (pdf) 607.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 450 (pdf) 607.1605 Inspection of records by directors. Page 452 (pdf) 607.1620 Financial statements for shareholders. Page 453 (pdf) 607.1621 Other reports to shareholders. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 459 (pdf) 607.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1801 Domestication of foreign corporations. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1907 Effect of repeal of prior acts. Page 465 (pdf) 607.1908 Page 466 (pdf) 607.504 Election of social purpose corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 607.604 Election of benefit corporation status. Page 467 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 510 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 511 (pdf) 617.05015 Page 512 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. Page 514 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 515 (pdf) 620.1108 Name. Page 516 (pdf) 620.11085 Page 518 (pdf) 620.2104 Filings required for conversion; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members. Page 521 (pdf) 628.530 Effects of redomestication. Page 526 (pdf) 631.0515 Appointment of receiver; insurance holding company. Page 527 (pdf) 658.44 Approval by stockholders; rights of dissenters; preemptive rights. Page 528 (pdf) 662.150 Domestication of a foreign family trust company. Page 523 (pdf) 663.03 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 528 (pdf) 663.403 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 528 (pdf) 694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities. Page 529 (pdf) 865.09 Fictitious name registration. Page 522 (pdf) -
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Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 331.355 Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property. Page 523 (pdf) 339.12 Aid and contributions by governmental entities for department projects; federal aid. Page 524 (pdf) 605.0102 Definitions. Page 467 (pdf) 605.0105 Operating agreement; scope, function, and limitations. Page 467 (pdf) 605.0112 Name. Page 467 (pdf) 605.01125 Page 471 (pdf) 605.0113 Registered agent. Page 472 (pdf) 605.0114 Change of registered agent or registered office. Page 473 (pdf) 605.0115 Resignation of registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0116 Change of name or address by registered agent. Page 474 (pdf) 605.0117 Service of process, notice, or demand. Page 475 (pdf) 605.0118 Delivery of record. Page 476 (pdf) 605.0207 Effective date and time. Page 477 (pdf) 605.0209 Correcting filed record. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0210 Duty of department to file; review of refusal to file; transmission of information by department. Page 479 (pdf) 605.0211 Certificate of status. Page 480 (pdf) 605.0215 Certificates to be received in evidence and evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 481 (pdf) 605.04092 Conflict of interest transactions. Page 481 (pdf) 605.0410 Records to be kept; rights of member, manager, and person dissociated to information. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0702 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 486 (pdf) 605.0706 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 491 (pdf) 605.0715 Reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0716 Judicial review of denial of reinstatement. Page 496 (pdf) 605.0803 Proper plaintiff. Page 497 (pdf) 605.0903 Effect of a certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0904 Effect of failure to have certificate of authority. Page 498 (pdf) 605.0906 Noncomplying name of foreign limited liability company. Page 499 (pdf) 605.0907 Amendment to certificate of authority. Page 500 (pdf) 605.0908 Revocation of certificate of authority. Page 501 (pdf) 605.09091 Page 503 (pdf) 605.0910 Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority. Page 503 (pdf) 605.0911 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity. Page 505 (pdf) 605.0912 Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to nonfiling entity. Page 505 (pdf) 605.1025 Articles of merger. Page 506 (pdf) 605.1035 Articles of interest exchange. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1061 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 507 (pdf) 605.1063 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 508 (pdf) 605.1072 Other remedies limited. Page 509 (pdf) 607.0101 Short title. Page 28 (pdf) 607.0102 Reservation of power to amend or repeal. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0120 Filing requirements. Page 29 (pdf) 607.0121 Forms. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0122 Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. Page 33 (pdf) 607.0123 Effective time and date of document. Page 35 (pdf) 607.0124 Correcting filed document. Page 38 (pdf) 607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State. Page 40 (pdf) 607.0126 Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. Page 42 (pdf) 607.0127 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0128 Certificate of status. Page 43 (pdf) 607.0130 Powers of Department of State. Page 46 (pdf) 607.01401 Definitions. Page 48 (pdf) 607.0141 Notice. Page 65 (pdf) 607.0143 Page 70 (pdf) 607.0201 Incorporators. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0202 Articles of incorporation; content. Page 72 (pdf) 607.0203 Incorporation. Page 74 (pdf) 607.0204 Liability for preincorporation transactions. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0205 Organizational meeting of directors. Page 75 (pdf) 607.0206 Bylaws. Page 76 (pdf) 607.0207 Emergency bylaws. Page 78 (pdf) 607.0208 Page 79 (pdf) 607.0301 Purposes and application. Page 80 (pdf) 607.0302 General powers. Page 81 (pdf) 607.0303 Emergency powers. Page 84 (pdf) 607.0304 Ultra vires. Page 85 (pdf) 607.0401 Corporate name. Page 86 (pdf) 607.04021 Page 87 (pdf) 607.0403 Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. Page 88 (pdf) 607.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 90 (pdf) 607.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. Page 92 (pdf) 607.0503 Page 95 (pdf) 607.05031 Page 96 (pdf) 607.05032 Page 97 (pdf) 607.0504 Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. Page 97 (pdf) 607.0505 Registered agent; duties. Page 99 (pdf) 607.0601 Authorized shares. Page 104 (pdf) 607.0602 Terms of class or series determined by board of directors. Page 106 (pdf) 607.0604 Fractional shares. Page 108 (pdf) 607.0620 Subscriptions for shares. Page 109 (pdf) 607.0621 Issuance of shares. Page 110 (pdf) 607.0622 Liability for shares issued before payment. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0623 Share dividends. Page 111 (pdf) 607.0624 Share options. Page 112 (pdf) 607.0625 Form and content of certificates. Page 114 (pdf) 607.0626 Shares without certificates. Page 115 (pdf) 607.0627 Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0630 Shareholders’ preemptive rights. Page 116 (pdf) 607.0631 Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares. Page 118 (pdf) 607.06401 Distributions to shareholders. Page 119 (pdf) 607.0701 Annual meeting. Page 122 (pdf) 607.0702 Special meeting. Page 124 (pdf) 607.0703 Court-ordered meeting. Page 126 (pdf) 607.0704 Action by shareholders without a meeting. Page 128 (pdf) 607.0705 Notice of meeting. Page 131 (pdf) 607.0706 Waiver of notice. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0707 Record date. Page 134 (pdf) 607.0709 Page 138 (pdf) 607.0720 Shareholders’ list for meeting. Page 140 (pdf) 607.0721 Voting entitlement of shares. Page 142 (pdf) 607.0722 Proxies. Page 144 (pdf) 607.0723 Shares held by nominees. Page 145 (pdf) 607.0724 Corporation’s acceptance of votes. Page 146 (pdf) 607.0725 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. Page 149 (pdf) 607.0726 Action by single and multiple voting groups. Page 150 (pdf) 607.0728 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. Page 151 (pdf) 607.0729 Page 151 (pdf) 607.0730 Voting trusts. Page 154 (pdf) 607.0731 Shareholders’ agreements. Page 155 (pdf) 607.0732 Shareholder agreements. Page 156 (pdf) 607.07401 Shareholders’ derivative actions. Page 160 (pdf) 607.0741 Page 160 (pdf) 607.0742 Page 161 (pdf) 607.0743 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0744 Page 162 (pdf) 607.0745 Page 163 (pdf) 607.0746 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0747 Page 164 (pdf) 607.0748 Page 165 (pdf) 607.0749 Page 167 (pdf) 607.0801 Requirement for and duties of board of directors. Page 168 (pdf) 607.0802 Qualifications of directors. Page 169 (pdf) 607.0803 Number of directors. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0804 Election of directors by certain voting groups. Page 170 (pdf) 607.0805 Terms of directors generally. Page 171 (pdf) 607.0806 Staggered terms for directors. Page 172 (pdf) 607.0807 Resignation of directors. Page 173 (pdf) 607.0808 Removal of directors by shareholders. Page 174 (pdf) 607.08081 Page 175 (pdf) 607.0809 Vacancy on board. Page 176 (pdf) 607.0820 Meetings. Page 177 (pdf) 607.0821 Action by directors without a meeting. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0823 Waiver of notice. Page 178 (pdf) 607.0824 Quorum and voting. Page 179 (pdf) 607.0825 Committees. Page 180 (pdf) 607.0826 Page 183 (pdf) 607.0830 General standards for directors. Page 184 (pdf) 607.0831 Liability of directors. Page 187 (pdf) 607.0832 Director conflicts of interest. Page 189 (pdf) 607.0833 Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations. Page 197 (pdf) 607.0834 Liability for unlawful distributions. Page 197 (pdf) 607.08401 Required officers. Page 198 (pdf) 607.08411 Page 199 (pdf) 607.0842 Resignation and removal of officers. Page 201 (pdf) 607.0850 Indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 202 (pdf) 607.0851 Page 212 (pdf) 607.0852 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0853 Page 214 (pdf) 607.0854 Page 216 (pdf) 607.0855 Page 217 (pdf) 607.0857 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0858 Page 219 (pdf) 607.0859 Page 222 (pdf) 607.0901 Affiliated transactions. Page 223 (pdf) 607.0902 Control-share acquisitions. Page 233 (pdf) 607.1001 Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. Page 234 (pdf) 607.1002 Amendment by board of directors. Page 235 (pdf) 607.10025 Shares; combination or division. Page 236 (pdf) 607.1003 Amendment by board of directors and shareholders. Page 238 (pdf) 607.1004 Voting on amendments by voting groups. Page 242 (pdf) 607.1005 Amendment before issuance of shares. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1006 Articles of amendment. Page 244 (pdf) 607.1007 Restated articles of incorporation. Page 246 (pdf) 607.1008 Amendment pursuant to reorganization. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1009 Effect of amendment. Page 248 (pdf) 607.1020 Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders. Page 250 (pdf) 607.1021 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1022 Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors. Page 251 (pdf) 607.1023 Page 252 (pdf) 607.1101 Merger. Page 254 (pdf) 607.1102 Share exchange. Page 259 (pdf) 607.1103 Action on plan. Page 264 (pdf) 607.11035 Page 273 (pdf) 607.1104 Merger of subsidiary corporation. Page 276 (pdf) 607.11045 Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations. Page 280 (pdf) 607.1105 Articles of merger or share exchange. Page 283 (pdf) 607.1106 Effect of merger or share exchange. Page 288 (pdf) 607.1107 Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations. Page 295 (pdf) 607.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1109 Articles of merger. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11101 Effect of merger of domestic corporation and other business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1112 Conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1113 Certificate of conversion. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1114 Effect of conversion of domestic corporation into another business entity. Page 298 (pdf) 607.1115 Conversion of another business entity to a domestic corporation. Page 298 (pdf) 607.11920 Page 299 (pdf) 607.11921 Page 300 (pdf) 607.11922 Page 303 (pdf) 607.11923 Page 305 (pdf) 607.11924 Page 307 (pdf) 607.11930 Page 311 (pdf) 607.11931 Page 312 (pdf) 607.11932 Page 313 (pdf) 607.11933 Page 316 (pdf) 607.11934 Page 318 (pdf) 607.11935 Page 320 (pdf) 607.1201 Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets. Page 324 (pdf) 607.1202 Sale of assets other than in regular course of business. Page 326 (pdf) 607.1301 Appraisal rights; definitions. Page 330 (pdf) 607.1302 Right of shareholders to appraisal. Page 334 (pdf) 607.1303 Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners. Page 345 (pdf) 607.1320 Notice of appraisal rights. Page 346 (pdf) 607.1321 Notice of intent to demand payment. Page 348 (pdf) 607.1322 Appraisal notice and form. Page 350 (pdf) 607.1323 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw. Page 352 (pdf) 607.1324 Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1326 Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer. Page 353 (pdf) 607.1330 Court action. Page 354 (pdf) 607.1331 Court costs and counsel fees. Page 355 (pdf) 607.1332 Disposition of acquired shares. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1333 Limitation on corporate payment. Page 356 (pdf) 607.1340 Page 357 (pdf) 607.1401 Dissolution by incorporators or directors. Page 358 (pdf) 607.1402 Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders. Page 359 (pdf) 607.1403 Articles of dissolution. Page 360 (pdf) 607.1404 Revocation of dissolution. Page 362 (pdf) 607.1405 Effect of dissolution. Page 363 (pdf) 607.1406 Known claims against dissolved corporation. Page 365 (pdf) 607.1407 Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. Page 374 (pdf) 607.1408 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1409 Page 378 (pdf) 607.1410 Page 380 (pdf) 607.1420 Grounds for administrative dissolution. Page 380 (pdf) 607.1421 Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. Page 383 (pdf) 607.1422 Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. Page 383 (pdf) 607.1423 Appeal from denial of reinstatement. Page 386 (pdf) 607.1430 Grounds for judicial dissolution. Page 387 (pdf) 607.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution. Page 394 (pdf) 607.1432 Receivership or custodianship. Page 395 (pdf) 607.1433 Judgment of dissolution. Page 396 (pdf) 607.1434 Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution. Page 396 (pdf) 607.1435 Provisional director. Page 396 (pdf) 607.1436 Election to purchase instead of dissolution. Page 400 (pdf) 607.14401 Deposit with Department of Financial Services. Page 404 (pdf) 607.1501 Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required. Page 405 (pdf) 607.15015 Page 407 (pdf) 607.1502 Consequences of transacting business without authority. Page 407 (pdf) 607.1503 Application for certificate of authority. Page 407 (pdf) 607.1504 Amended certificate of authority. Page 407 (pdf) 607.1505 Effect of certificate of authority. Page 407 (pdf) 607.1506 Corporate name of foreign corporation. Page 407 (pdf) 607.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 419 (pdf) 607.1508 Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 421 (pdf) 607.1509 Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 423 (pdf) 607.15091 Page 425 (pdf) 607.15092 Page 426 (pdf) 607.15101 Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. Page 426 (pdf) 607.1520 Withdrawal of foreign corporation. Page 429 (pdf) 607.1521 Page 431 (pdf) 607.1522 Page 432 (pdf) 607.1523 Page 433 (pdf) 607.1530 Grounds for revocation of authority to transact business. Page 433 (pdf) 607.1531 Procedure for and effect of revocation. Page 436 (pdf) 607.15315 Revocation; application for reinstatement. Page 436 (pdf) 607.1532 Appeal from revocation. Page 439 (pdf) 607.1601 Corporate records. Page 441 (pdf) 607.1602 Inspection of records by shareholders. Page 443 (pdf) 607.1603 Scope of inspection right. Page 448 (pdf) 607.1604 Court-ordered inspection. Page 449 (pdf) 607.1605 Inspection of records by directors. Page 451 (pdf) 607.1620 Financial statements for shareholders. Page 452 (pdf) 607.1621 Other reports to shareholders. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1622 Annual report for Department of State. Page 458 (pdf) 607.1701 Application to existing domestic corporation. Page 463 (pdf) 607.1702 Application to qualified foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1711 Application to foreign and interstate commerce. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1801 Domestication of foreign corporations. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1907 Effect of repeal of prior acts. Page 464 (pdf) 607.1908 Page 466 (pdf) 607.504 Election of social purpose corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 607.604 Election of benefit corporation status. Page 466 (pdf) 617.0302 Corporate powers. Page 509 (pdf) 617.0501 Registered office and registered agent. Page 510 (pdf) 617.05015 Page 511 (pdf) 617.0831 Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. Page 512 (pdf) 617.1102 Limitation on merger. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1108 Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. Page 513 (pdf) 617.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Page 514 (pdf) 620.1108 Name. Page 516 (pdf) 620.11085 Page 518 (pdf) 620.2104 Filings required for conversion; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.2108 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 519 (pdf) 620.8918 Filings required for merger; effective date. Page 520 (pdf) 621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members. Page 520 (pdf) 628.530 Effects of redomestication. Page 525 (pdf) 631.0515 Appointment of receiver; insurance holding company. Page 526 (pdf) 658.44 Approval by stockholders; rights of dissenters; preemptive rights. Page 527 (pdf) 662.150 Domestication of a foreign family trust company. Page 522 (pdf) 663.03 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 527 (pdf) 663.403 Applicability of the Florida Business Corporation Act. Page 528 (pdf) 694.16 Conveyances by merger or conversion of business entities. Page 528 (pdf) 865.09 Fictitious name registration. Page 522 (pdf)
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