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2002 SESSION

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HB 1271 Doing business under a fictitious name; registered agent.

Introduced by: Watkins M. Abbitt, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Doing business under a fictitious name; registered agent. Eliminates requirements that (i) persons doing business under a fictitious name appoint a resident attorney as a registered agent and (ii) service of process against the owner of a business operating under a fictitious name be filed in the circuit court where the business is located if the owner has not appointed a registered agent.

FULL TEXT

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022756600  pdf | impact statement
• 02/25/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1271ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/27/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/18/02  House: Presented & ordered printed 022756600
• 01/18/02  House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/07/02  House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/02  House: Read first time
• 02/11/02  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/12/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/12/02  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/13/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/02  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 02/18/02  Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/20/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/21/02  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1271ER)
• 03/08/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/09/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 267 (effective 7/1/02)
• 03/27/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0267)