(a)
(1) Any corporation organized in this state under the provisions of Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 77-80 [repealed], for the purpose of transacting business outside this state is authorized to transact business within the state by filing an amendment to its articles of incorporation to that effect if, upon filing the amendment, it pays, in addition to the fees required for filing the amendment, the difference between the amount of fees paid on its original incorporation for the transaction of business outside the state and the fees it would have been required to pay for incorporation under Acts 1931, No. 255 [repealed], as a domestic corporation formed for the purpose of doing intrastate business.
(2) Upon filing the amendment, the corporation shall thereafter be incorporated for all purposes as if it was incorporated under the terms of Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 1-7, 38, 39, 68, and 69 [repealed], and the corporations are entitled to all the rights and privileges of corporations formed under Acts 1931, No. 255, §§ 1-7, 38, 39, 68, and 69 [repealed].
(b) Articles of original incorporation and the amendment as prescribed in this section shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is to be located.