(a)
(1) Before any foreign railroad corporation, foreign pipeline corporation, or foreign light and power corporation organized for the purpose of generating, transmitting, distributing, or supplying electricity to or for the public for compensation or for public use shall be permitted to avail itself of the benefits of this section and §§ 23-11-302, 23-11-401, 23-11-402, and 23-11-404, or any part thereof, the corporation shall file with the Secretary of State a certified copy of its articles of incorporation or articles of organization, if incorporated or organized under a general law of the state or territory, or a certified copy of the statute laws of the state or territory incorporating or organizing the company where the charter of the railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporation was granted by special statute of the state.
(2) Upon the filing of its articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or its charter and payment of the fees prescribed by law for railroad, pipeline, or light and power charters, the railroad, pipeline, or light and power company, for all intents and purposes, shall become a railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporation of this state, subject to all the laws of this state, the same as if it were formally incorporated or organized in this state, anything in its articles of incorporation, articles of organization, or charter to the contrary notwithstanding.
(3) Such acts on the part of the corporation shall be conclusive evidence of the intent of the corporation to create and become a domestic corporation.
(b) In all suits or proceedings instituted against any domesticated corporation, process may be served upon the agent of the corporation in this state in the same manner that process is authorized by law to be served upon the agents of railroad, pipeline, or light and power corporations organized and existing under the laws of this state.