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§ 9-617. Filing corporate documents with State Department of Assessments and Taxation

MD Env Code § 9-617 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    In this section, “corporate document” means:

(1)    Articles of incorporation;

(2)    Articles of amendment;

(3)    Articles of joinder; or

(4)    Articles of withdrawal.

(b)    (1)    When a corporate document is filed with it, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation shall:

(i)    Endorse on the corporate document the time and date the corporate document was received; and

(ii)    Examine the corporate document.

(2)    If, after examination, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation determines that the corporate document is proper, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation shall:

(i)    Issue a certificate of approval;

(ii)    Include with the certificate of approval a copy of the corporate document; and

(iii)    Record a copy of:

1.    The corporate document; and

2.    The certificate of approval.

(c)    When the State Department of Assessments and Taxation issues a certificate of approval under this section:

(1)    The corporate document is effective;

(2)    The district exists as provided in the corporate document; and

(3)    The corporate document is conclusively presumed to have been adopted lawfully.

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