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Idaho Senate Bill 1262 (Session Law Chapter 36) signed by governor February 26 and effective July 1, 2008 amended the Idaho Entity Transaction Act. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1262.html
Senate Bill 1350 signed by governor March 18 and effective July 1, 2008 enacted the Uniform LLC Act and repealed the existing LLC act effective July 1, 2010. Maine LD 1940 signed by governor and effective March 14 provides relief to distressed Maine domestic LLCs. Upon application by LLC and satisfactory proof that the LLC has ceased to transact business and is not indebted for failure to file an annual report and to pay fees or penalties, the Secretary of State will file a certificate of the fact after which the LLC is excused from filing annual reports, as long as the LLC in fact transacts no business. The name of a LLC remains in the Secretary of State's records of entity names and is protected for a period of 5 years following excuse. South Dakota House Bill 1139 signed by governor March 17 revises the Business Corporations Act regarding issuance of shares and cumulative voting. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2008/Bills/HB1139ENR.htm Utah House Bill 99 signed by governor March 18 allowed a certificate of assumed and true name to include optional information about gender and race of the entity’s owner. Virginia
Senate Bill 146 (Chapter 91) approved by governor March 2 and effective April 1, 2009 amends acts relating to stock and nonstock corporations, including authorization to correct State Corporation Commission records to eliminate clerical errors and eliminate filings made by a person without authority of the corporation.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0091 Washington House Bill 2459 (Chapter 57) approved by governor March 18 and effective April 12, 2008 enacts the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act creating uniform standards for official recording and transmission of an electronic document and acceptance of a legally required signature, notarization, verification or acknowledgement when received electronically. This is permissible, not mandatory for county recorders. West Virginia House Bill 4464 approved by governor March 13 amended and reenacted sections of the corporations, non-profit corporations and LLC statutes listing activities that by themselves do not constitute transacting business which would require entities to obtain a certificate of authority. Wyoming Senate Bill 18 (Chapter 91) signed by governor March 12 and effective January 1, 2009
increased the reinstatement fee from $100 to $250 and payment of a sum equal to double delinquent fees and taxes after administrative forfeiture of a LLC or corporation for failure to maintain a registered agent. The bill also provided for administrative forfeiture of a LLC, dissolution of a corporation, and revocation of a foreign corporation for signing document known to be false in any respect, failure to respond to a valid and enforceable subpoena, or it is in the public interest and the entity failed to provide records to the registered agent, has provided fraudulent information or failed to correct false information upon request of Secretary of State, or can not be served by either the registered agent or by mail by the Secretary of State acting as the agent for process.
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