A. An application of a foreign business trust for withdrawal shall be delivered to the public regulation commission [secretary of state]. If the commission [secretary of state] finds that the application meets the requirements of the Foreign Business Trust Registration Act, when all fees and taxes prescribed by law have been paid it shall:
(1) endorse on the application the word "filed" and the month, day and year of the filing;
(2) file the application in its office; and
(3) issue a certificate of withdrawal.
B. The certificate of withdrawal, together with a copy of the application for withdrawal affixed thereto by the public regulation commission [secretary of state], shall be returned to the foreign business trust or its representative. Upon the issuance of the certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the foreign business trust to transact business in this state shall cease.
History: Laws 2001, ch. 200, § 95.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2013, ch. 75, § 9 provided that as of July 1, 2013, the secretary of state, pursuant to N.M. const., Art. 11, § 19, shall assume responsibility for chartering corporations as provided by law, including the performance of the functions of the former corporations bureau of the public regulation commission, and that except for Subsection D of 53-5-8 NMSA 1978, references to the "public regulation commission", "state corporation commission" or "commission" shall be construed to be references to the secretary of state. See 8-4-7 NMSA 1978.
Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 200, § 101 made the Foreign Business Trust Registration Act effective July 1, 2001.