1508                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [Ch. 311

fees in Art. 23, §130(b) and (c) are retained
in Art. 23 for eventual transfer to either the
State or Local Government Articles or the
Taxation and Revenue Article.

The only other changes are in style.

1-204. DEPARTMENT MAY REFUSE TO ACCEPT CHARTER DOCUMENT.

(A) UNRECORDED AND UNFILED CHARTER DOCUMENTS TO BE
FILED.

THE DEPARTMENT MAY REFUSE TO ACCEPT FOR RECORD OR
FILING ANY CHARTER DOCUMENT OF A MARYLAND CORPORATION,
UNLESS THE ORIGINAL OR A CERTIFIED COPY OF ALL
[[PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED OR UNFILED]] PRIOR CHARTER
DOCUMENTS NOT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED OR FILED ARE DELIVERED
TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR RECORD, TOGETHER WITH ANY AFFIDAVIT
OR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETENESS REQUIRED BY THE
DEPARTMENT[[, THE DEPARTMENT MAY REFUSE TO ACCEPT FOR
RECORD OR FILING ANY CHARTER DOCUMENT OF A MARYLAND
CORPORATION]].

(B)   DEPARTMENT TO RECORD AND RETURN PREVIOUSLY
UNRECORDED AND UNFILED DOCUMENTS.

THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RECORD WITHOUT ADDITIONAL
CHARGE THESE PREVIOUSLY UNRECORDED AND UNFILED DOCUMENTS
AND THEN RETURN THEM TO THE CORPORATION, ITS ATTORNEY, OR
ITS AGENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 23, §129.

In subsection (a) of this section, the present
phrase "including any special acts" is deleted
since §1—101 of this title defines "charter
document" as including "special acts."

In subsection (b) of this section, the word
"additional" has been added before "charge."
This is to sake clear that the normal fees for
unrecorded or unfiled documents may not be
avoided by use of this section.

The only other changes are in style.

1-205. EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE FOR RECORDING OR FILING.

(A) EFFECTIVE AS OF TIME OF ACCEPTANCE.

UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE, ALL
CHARTER DOCUMENTS ARE EFFECTIVE WHEN ACCEPTED FOR