GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 1057
SENATE BILL 1575

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR FILING A CORPORATION'S ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 55-1-22, as enacted by Chapter 265 of the 1989 Session Laws and amended by Chapter 714 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"§ 55-1-22.  Filing, service, and copying fees.
(a)	The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to him for filing:
	Document	Fee
(1)	Articles of incorporation	$100.00
(2)	Application for reserved name	10.00
(3)	Notice of transfer of reserved name	10.00
(4)	Application for registered name	10.00
(5)	Application for renewal of
	registered name	10.00
(6)	Corporation's statement of change of
	registered agent or registered
	office or both	5.00
(7)	Agent's statement of change of
	registered office for each affected
	corporation	5.00
(8)	Agent's statement of resignation	No fee
(9)	Designation of registered agent or
	registered office or both	5.00
(10)	Amendment of articles of
	incorporation	50.00
(11)	Restated articles of incorporation	10.00
	with amendment of articles	50.00
(12)	Articles of merger or share exchange	50.00
(13)	Articles of dissolution	30.00
(14)	Articles of revocation of
	dissolution	10.00
(15)	Certificate of administrative
	dissolution	No fee
(16)	Application for reinstatement
	following administrative dissolution	25.00
(17)	Certificate of reinstatement	No fee
(18)	Certificate of judicial dissolution	No fee
(19)	Application for certificate of
	authority	200.00
(20)	Application for amended certificate
	of authority	50.00
(21)	Application for certificate of
	withdrawal	10.00
(22)	Certificate of revocation of
	authority to transact business	No fee
(23)	Annual report	10.00
(24)	Articles of correction	10.00
(25)	Application for certificate of
	existence or authorization	5.00
(26)	Any other document required or
	permitted to be filed by this act	10.00.
(b)	The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on him under this act.  The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if he prevails in the proceeding.
(c)	The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:
(1)	Fifty cents ($ .50) a page for copying; and
(2)	Five dollars ($5.00) for the certificate."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 1990.