(1) its board of directors or committee of managers holds at least one meeting each year in this State;

(2) it maintains its principal place of business in this State; and

(3) it appoints a registered agent to accept service of process and to otherwise act on its behalf in this State; provided that whenever such registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of the assuming company, the Secretary of State shall be an agent of such assuming company upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. (Added 2013, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Feb. 19, 2014.)