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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1158 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3353 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Steven S. Howitt |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to corporate filing requirements. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1158 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3353 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3353) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven S. Howitt relative to corporate filing requirements. State Administration and Regulatory |
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| 20 | 20 | | Oversight. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 3056 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to corporate filing requirements. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 3B of chapter 7 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “function” in line 14, the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3following words:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 provided, that no additional surcharge shall be assessed due to payment method where |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5such method, whether by check, credit card, electronic means or other instrument, is approved |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6for use; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 SECTION 2. Section 63 of Chapter 109 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out clause (b) and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9following clause:- 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (b) The fee for filing the annual report shall be $450, or such amount as the secretary |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11shall designate; provided, however, that no additional surcharge shall be assessed due to payment |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12method where such method, whether by check, credit card, electronic means or other instrument, |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13is approved for use. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 SECTION 3. Section 16.22 of Chapter 156D of the General Laws, as appearing in the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 152022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:- (d) When filing said |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16annual report, no additional surcharge shall be assessed due to payment method where such |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17method, whether by check, credit card, electronic means or other instrument, is approved for use. |
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