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 242 Authority certificates. D. C. Code 29933d. Repeals.

Foreign agents, r e s i g n ation procedure. D. C. Code 29933h.

Foreign corporations. Service of procD*. C. Code 29933i.

Repeals. D. C. Code 29933m. 68 Stat. 177. D. C. Code 29901. Use of certified mail.

Civil actions.

Corporation papers, etc.

PUBLIC LAW 86-106-JULY 23, 1959

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SEC. 13. (a) Paragraph (g) of section 103 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act is amended to read as follows: "(g) A brief statement of the business it proposes to transact in the District." (b) Paragraphs (f), (i), and (j) of such Act are repealed, and paragraphs (g), (h), and (k) are redesignated (f), (g), and (h), respectively. SEC. 14. Section 107 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) Any registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign as such agent upon filing a written notice thereof, executed in duplicate, with the Commissioners, who shall forthwith mail a copy thereof to the corporation at its principal office in the State under the laws of which it is organized as shown on'the records of the Commissioners. The appointment of such agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of such notice by the Commissioners or upon the appointment of a successor agent becoming effective, whichever occurs sooner. No fee or charge of any kind shall be imposed with respect to a filing under this subsection." SEC. 15. (a) Subsection (a) of section 108 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act is amended by inserting immediately after "principal office" the following: "in the State under the laws of which it is organized". (b) Section 108 of such Act is amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively, and by adding after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) If any foreign corporation shall transact business in the District without a certificate of authority, it shall, by transacting such business, be deemed to have thereby appointed the Commissioners its agent and representative upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served. Service shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of their office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand, together with an affidavit giving the latest known post office address of such corporation and such service shall be sufficient if notice thereof and a copy of the process, notice, or demand are forwarded by registered mail, addressed to such corporation at the address given m such affidavit. Service pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the requirements of the last sentence of subscection (a) of this section." SEC. 16. Paragraphs (f) and (i^ of section 112 of the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act are repealed, and paragraphs (g) and (h) are redesignated (f) and (g),respectively. SEC. 17. The District of Columbia Business Corporation Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 148. Wherever any provision of this Act authorizes or requires the service or forwarding of any process, notice, or demand by registered mail, such provision shall be deemed to include as an alternative the service or forwarding of such process, notice, or demand by certified mail. "SEC. 149. All civil actions under this Act which the Commissioners are authorized to commence, and all prosecutions for violations of the provisions of this Act, shall be brought in the name of the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia. "SEC. 150. The Recorder of Deeds, after publishing notice of his intention so to do, is authorized, one hundred and e i ^ t y days after the effective date of this section, to destroy all duplicate original corporation papers filed in his office pursuant to this Act prior to October 2, 1957. Such notice shall describe in general terms each class

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