HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 55 FILED ON: 1/4/2017 HOUSE ...... No. 1661

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ______

PRESENTED BY:

Josh S. Cutler ______

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act reducing filing fees for single member LLCs. ______

PETITION OF:

NAME: DISTRICT/ADDRESS: DATE ADDED: Josh S. Cutler 6th Plymouth 1/4/2017 F. Jay Barrows 1st Bristol 1/25/2017 Thomas J. Calter 12th Plymouth 1/27/2017 Kate D. Campanale 17th Worcester 2/3/2017 David F. DeCoste 5th Plymouth 1/24/2017 9th Norfolk 1/25/2017 Peter J. Durant 6th Worcester 1/26/2017 James J. Dwyer 30th Middlesex 1/26/2017 Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket 1/26/2017 2nd Plymouth 2/1/2017 Thomas A. Golden, Jr. 16th Middlesex 2/3/2017 Kenneth I. Gordon 21st Middlesex 1/25/2017 Natalie Higgins 4th Worcester 2/3/2017 Steven S. Howitt 4th Bristol 2/3/2017 5th Barnstable 1/27/2017 11th Worcester 1/29/2017 Robert M. Koczera 11th Bristol 1/25/2017 Leonard Mirra 2nd Essex 1/24/2017

1 of 2 Michael O. Moore Second Worcester 2/2/2017 Brian Murray 10th Worcester 1/26/2017 Kathleen O'Connor Ives First Essex 2/3/2017 Patrick M. O'Connor Plymouth and Norfolk 1/31/2017 Smitty Pignatelli 4th Berkshire 1/30/2017 John W. Scibak 2nd Hampshire 1/24/2017 Chris Walsh 6th Middlesex 2/2/2017 Timothy R. Whelan 1st Barnstable 1/17/2017

2 of 2 HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 55 FILED ON: 1/4/2017 HOUSE ...... No. 1661 By Mr. Cutler of Duxbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1661) of Josh S. Cutler and others relative to filing fees for limited liability companies. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION SEE HOUSE, NO. 2727 OF 2015-2016.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

______In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court (2017-2018) ______

An Act reducing filing fees for single member LLCs.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 SECTION 12 of chapter 156C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking subsection

2 (d) of paragraph (9) and inserting in place thereof the following:

3 The fee for the filing of the certificate of organization required by subsection (a) shall be

4 five hundred dollars. The fee for the filing of the annual report required by subsection (c) shall be

5 two hundred and fifty dollars for any such limited liability company with a single member; or

6 five hundred dollars for any other such limited liability company. Such fees shall be paid to the

7 state secretary at the time the certificate of organization or the annual report is filed.

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