HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1819

(III) ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL FOR ANY
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT THAT COMPLY WITH THIS SUBTITLE.

(2) WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND
TAXATION ISSUES A CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL, THE ARTICLES OF
AMENDMENT:

(I)  ARE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT; AND

(II)  ARE CONCLUSIVELY DEEMED TO BE LAWFULLY AND
PROPERLY ADOPTED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former HE § 9-903.

Throughout this section, references to "articles of
amendment" are substituted for former references to
"amendment" to conform to the terminology of CA §§
2-601 through 2-612.

Subsection (a) of this section is new language added
to avoid repetition of the former phrase "proposed and
adopted" amendment and to include a reference to a
restatement of the entire articles of amendment.

As to subsection (e) of this section, see CA §§ 1-301
through 1-304 and 2-610 for which corporate officers
may execute and file articles of amendment.

In subsection (e)(l)(i) of this section, the reference
to "sign and acknowledge" is substituted for the
former word "executed", for clarity to conform to CA §
1-301.

In subsection (e)(2) of this section, the reference to
filing articles of amendment "for record" is new
language added for clarity to conform to CA § 2-610.

In subsection (f)(1)(ii) of this section, the
reference to "[m]ark" is substituted for the former
reference to "endorse", for clarity.

Subsection (f)(1)(iii) of this section is revised to
express the formerly implied duty of the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation to issue a
certificate of approval for the articles of amendment
that comply with this subtitle.

The former reference to when articles of amendment are
"effective" is deleted as duplicative of subsection
(f)(2)(i) of this subsection, which provides for when
articles of amendment are in full force and effect.

The former sentence that stated that an amendment "may
contain only such provisions as it would be lawful or