MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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RECORDING OR FILING BY THE DEPARTMENT.

(B)   CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF PAYMENT OF FEES AND
TAXES.

EXCEPT IN A PROCEEDING BY THE STATE FOR THE
FORFEITURE OF A CHARTER OR IN A PROCEEDING BY THE STATE
OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT
OF ANY OTHER RIGHT OR REMEDY, THE ACCEPTANCE FOR RECORD
OR FILING OF ANY CHARTER DOCUMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT IS
CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THE PAYMENT OF ALL RECORDING,
FILING, AND SPECIAL FEES AND OF ALL BONUS AND OTHER TAXES
PAYABLE BY LAW.

(C)      COPY OF ARTICLES OR CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION AS EVIDENCE OF EXISTENCE OF CORPORATION,

A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, OR OTHER INSTRUMENT BY
WHICH A CORPORATION WAS FORMED, FROM THE RECORDS OF THE
DEPARTMENT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OR THE CLERK OF THE
COURT IS EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE CORPORATION AND
OF ITS RIGHT TO EXERCISE THE POWERS MENTIONED IN THE
DOCUMENT. A CERTIFIED COPY OF ANY OTHER CHARTER
DOCUMENT FROM THESE RECORDS IS EVIDENCB OF THE FACTS
AND CORPORATE ACTION REQUIRED TO BE STATED IN THE
DOCUMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 23, §131, except for §131(b) which is
transferred to Title 2 of this article and
appears in §2—102, which deals with the
formation of corporations in general.

In subsection (b) of this section, the word
"direct," which modified "proceeding by the
state," is deleted as unnecessary.

In subsection (c) of this section, the word
"duly," which modified "certified copy," is
deleted as unnecessary.

The only other changes are in style.

SUBTITLE 3. EXECUTION OF [[CORPORATE]] DOCUMENTS.

1-301. EXECUTION OF ARTICLES.

(A) GENERAL RULE.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY AND ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT,
RESTATEMENT, RESTATEMENT AND AMENDMENT, REDUCTION,
REDACTION AND AMENDMENT, CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, [[OR]]
TRANSFER, AND EXTENSION AND, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN