CHAPTER NUMBER: 222
File Code: Corporations and Associations
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Economic Matters Committee (Departmental - Assessments and Taxation)
- Entitled:
-
Business Entity Names
Consolidating various statutes relating to the names of business
entities; setting standards for the elements in the names of various
kinds of entities; providing exceptions to the standards for
preexisting business entity names; requiring names to be registered
with the Department of Assessments and Taxation; imposing specified
restrictions on the transferee of a reserved entity name under
specified circumstances; and allowing the Department to adopt
regulations to implement the Act.
House Action
- 1/22
- First Reading Economic Matters
- 2/4
- Hearing 2/19 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/24
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- Favorable with Amendments
- Special Order 3/25 (Crumlin) Adopted
- 3/25
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Floor Amendment (Genn) Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/26
- Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- 4/9
- Return Passed
- 4/28
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 222
Senate Action
- 3/27
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 4/1
- Hearing 4/7 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/10
- Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
- Favorable Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed
- 4/11
- Third Reading Passed (47-0)
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Econ. Matters Comm.
- Departmental
- Econ. Matters Comm.
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION, DEPARTMENT OF
- COMMERCE AND BUSINESS -see also- ENTERPRISE ZONES;SMALL BUS.
- CORPORATIONS -see also- MERGERS; MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
- NAMES -see also- PROPER NAMES
- PARTNERSHIPS
- REGISTRATION -see also- MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Corporations and Associations
- (
1-406 ,
1-501 ,
1-502 ,
1-503 ,
1-504 ,
1-505 ,
1-506 ,
1-507 ,
1-508 ,
2-106 ,
2-107 ,
4A-208 ,
4A-1004 ,
5-106 ,
7-101 ,
7-203 ,
9-1003 ,
9-1004 ,
9-1103 ,
10-102 ,
10-103 ,
10-805 ,
10-904
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- House
- Number: 553075/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1998 at:
5:16 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Number: 793602/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 25, 1998 at:
5:17 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- House
- March 26, 1998: Third Reading Passed (135-0)
- Senate
- April 11, 1998: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
