PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 295

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Corporations and Associations

1-203.

In addition to any organization and capitalization fee required under § 1-204 of this
article, the Department shall collect the following fees:

(4) For each of the following documents recorded or filed the fee is $50:

[(i)] Certificate of limited partnership, certificate of limited liability
partnership, [or] articles of organization of a limited liability company, including
certificates of amendment and certificates of cancellation, CERTIFICATES OF
REINSTATEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF REINSTATEMENT. [; and

(ii) Report required by § 4A-208(b), § 9-803(b), or § 10-102(b) of this
article concerning continuation of business.]

4A-206.

(a) Articles and certificates required by this title to be filed with the Department
shall be executed in the following manner:

(1)     Articles of organization shall be executed by any individual authorized to
do so by the persons forming the limited liability company; and

(2)     Articles of amendment, articles of merger, certificates of correction,
articles of dissolution, articles of continuation, [and] articles of cancellation, AND
ARTICLES OF REINSTATEMENT shall be executed by an authorized person.

4A-208.

[(a)]The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its articles of
organization:

(1)     Shall contain either the words "limited liability company" or any of the
following abbreviations:

(i)     "L.L.C.";

(ii)    "LLC";

(iii) "L.C."; or

(iv)   "LC";

(2)     May not contain any word or phrase which indicates or implies that it is
organized for any purpose not stated in its articles of organization; and

(3)     May not be the same as or misleadingly similar to:

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