Bill Text: IL HB5120 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Business Corporation Act of 1983. Makes a technical change is a Section concerning mergers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5120 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5120-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Business Corporation Act of 1983 is amended | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | by changing Section 13.35 as follows:
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6 | (805 ILCS 5/13.35) (from Ch. 32, par. 13.35)
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7 | Sec. 13.35.
Merger of foreign corporation authorized to | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | transact business in
this state.
Whenever a foreign corporation | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | authorized to transact business in this
State shall be a party | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of the
state or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | country under which it is organized, and such corporation shall | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | be
the surviving corporation, it shall forthwith file with the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Secretary of
State a copy of the articles of merger duly | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | authenticated by the proper
officer of the state or country | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | under the laws of which such such statutory
merger was | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | effected; and it shall not be necessary for such corporation to
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17 | procure either new or amended authority to
transact
business in | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | this State unless the name of such corporation or the duration
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19 | of its corporate existence be changed thereby or unless the | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | corporation
desires to pursue in this State other or additional | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | purposes than those
which it is then authorized to transact in | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | this State.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)
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