GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 540*

Short Title:  Nonprofit Corp. Act Fees.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Kennedy.
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Referred to:  Finance.
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March 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FEES TO BE CHARGED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER THE REVISED NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 55A-1-22 as enacted by A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REWRITE CHAPTER 55A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION reads as rewritten:
"§ 55A-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 the Secretary for filing:
	Document	Fee
(1)	Articles of incorporation	$50.00
(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	$25.00
(11)	Restated articles of incorporation without amendment of articles $10.00
(12)	Restated articles of incorporation with amendment of articles $25.00
(13)	Articles of merger	$25.00
(14)	Articles of dissolution	$15.00
(15)	Articles of revocation of dissolution	$10.00
(16)	Certificate of administrative dissolution             No fee
(17)	Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution $25.00
(18)	Certificate of reinstatement	            No fee
(19)	Certificate of judicial dissolution	            No fee
(20)	Application for certificate of authority	$100.00
(21)	Application for amended certificate of authority $25.00
(22)	Application for certificate of withdrawal $10.00
(23)	Certificate of revocation of authority to conduct affairs             No fee
(24)	Annual Report	$10.00
(25)	Articles of correction	$10.00
(26)	Application for certificate of existence or authorization  $ 5.00
(27)	Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter $10.00.
(b)	The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on the Secretary under this Chapter.  The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.
(c)	The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying, comparing, and certifying a copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:
(1)	One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying or comparing a copy to the original; and
(2)	Five dollars ($5.00) for the certificate."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1994, but shall not become effective unless A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REWRITE CHAPTER 55A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION is ratified by the 1993 General Assembly.