HOUSE BILL No. 5498

 

April 30, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Lori and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1982 PA 162, entitled

 

"Nonprofit corporation act,"

 

by amending section 1060 (MCL 450.3060), as amended by 2012 PA 309.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

administrator for the purposes described in this section are as

 

follows:

 

     (a) Examining, filing, and copying of articles of a domestic

 

corporation, $10.00.

 

     (b) Examining and filing articles or certificate of

 

incorporation, and other papers connected with the application of a

 

foreign corporation for admission to conduct affairs in this state,

 

$10.00.

 

     (c) Examining, filing, and copying an amendment to the

 

articles of a domestic corporation, $10.00.


 

     (d) Examining and filing an amendment to the articles of a

 

foreign corporation, $10.00.

 

     (e) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of merger or

 

consolidation under chapter 7, $50.00.

 

     (f) Examining and filing a certificate of merger or

 

consolidation of a foreign corporation, under section 1021, $10.00.

 

     (g) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of

 

dissolution, $10.00.

 

     (h) Examining and filing an application for withdrawal and

 

issuance of a certificate of withdrawal of a foreign corporation,

 

$10.00.

 

     (i) Examining, filing, and copying an application for

 

reservation of corporate name, $10.00.

 

     (j) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of assumed

 

name or certificate of termination of assumed name, $10.00.

 

     (k) Examining, filing, and copying a statement of change of

 

registered office or resident agent, $5.00.

 

     (l) Examining, filing, and copying restated articles of

 

domestic corporation, $10.00.

 

     (m) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of

 

abandonment, $10.00.

 

     (n) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of

 

correction, $10.00.

 

     (o) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of revocation

 

of dissolution proceedings, $10.00.

 

     (p) Examining, filing, and copying a certificate of renewal of

 

corporate existence, $10.00.


 

     (q) Filing and examination of a special report required by

 

law, $2.00.

 

     (r) Examining and filing a certificate of election, $10.00.

 

     (s) Filing a report required under section 911, $10.00 if paid

 

before October 1, 2003 or after September 30, 2015. After September

 

30, 2003 and before October 1, 2015, the fee is $20.00.

 

     (2) A corporation shall pay the applicable fee described in

 

this section to the administrator at the time of filing or when the

 

service is rendered by the administrator. The fees described in

 

this section are in addition to any franchise fees prescribed in

 

this act.

 

     (3) A person shall pay a minimum charge of $1.00 for each

 

certificate and 50 cents per folio to the administrator for

 

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

 

if a fee for that service is not described in subsection (1). The

 

administrator may furnish copies of documents, reports, and papers

 

required or permitted by law to be filed with the administrator,

 

and shall charge for those copies the fee established in a schedule

 

of fees adopted by the administrator with the approval of the state

 

administrative board.

 

     (4) The administrator shall not refund all or any part of a

 

fee described in this section. The administrator shall deposit all

 

fees received and collected under this section in the state

 

treasury to the credit of the administrator, who may only use the

 

money credited pursuant to legislative appropriation and only in

 

carrying out those duties of the department required by law.

 

     (5) The administrator shall waive any fee otherwise required


 

under this section if a majority of the members or directors of the

 

corporation responsible for paying the fee are, and the corporation

 

provides proof satisfactory to the administrator that a majority of

 

the members or directors are, honorably discharged veterans of the

 

armed forces of the United States.of a membership corporation,

 

directors of a directorship corporation, or shareholders of a stock

 

corporation, as applicable, are, or if applicable the initial

 

members, initial directors, or initial shareholders will be,

 

individuals who served in the armed forces and were separated from

 

that service with an honorable character of service or under

 

honorable conditions (general) character of service.

 

     (6) To request a fee waiver under subsection (5), the person

 

that is submitting the document for filing shall submit both of the

 

following to the administrator with the document:

 

     (a) A signed affidavit requesting the fee waiver and

 

certifying that a majority of the members of the membership

 

corporation, directors of the directorship corporation, or

 

shareholders of the stock corporation, as applicable, are, or if

 

applicable the initial members, initial directors, or initial

 

shareholders will be, individuals who served in the armed forces

 

and were separated from that service with an honorable character of

 

service or under honorable conditions (general) character of

 

service.

 

     (b) Copies of form DD214 or form DD215, or any other form that

 

is satisfactory to the department, for each individual described in

 

subdivision (a) who is or will be a member of the corporation,

 

director of the corporation, or shareholder of the corporation, as


 

applicable.

 

     (7) As used in this section, "armed forces" means that term as

 

defined in section 2 of the veteran right to employment services

 

act, 1994 PA 39, MCL 35.1092.