1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 275 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1256 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Joseph D. McKenna _________________ To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled: The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: An Act reducing the costs for small business. _______________ PETITION OF: NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester1/7/2025 1 of 1 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 275 FILED ON: 1/7/2025 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1256 By Representative McKenna of Sutton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1256) of Joseph D. McKenna relative to the organization of limited liability companies. Financial Services. [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 1092 OF 2023-2024.] The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court (2025-2026) _______________ An Act reducing the costs for small business. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 12 of chapter 156C of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2010 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting in place thereof the 3following:- 4 “(d) The fee for the filing of the certificate of organization required by subsection (a) 5shall be two hundred fifty dollars. The fee for the filing of the annual report required by 6subsection (c) shall be two hundred fifty dollars. Such fees shall be paid to the state secretary at 7the time the certificate of organization or the annual report is filed.” 8 SECTION 2. Section 1 shall be effective beginning January 1, 2016.