Amendment #230 to H3400

An Amendment to Reduce the Annual Filing Fee for Small Limited Liability Companies

Representatives Cutler of Duxbury, Cantwell of Marshfield, Zlotnik of Gardner and McMurtry of Dedham move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

Section XXXX.  Section 12 of chapter 156C, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking subsection (d) of paragraph (9) and inserting in place thereof the following:

The fee for the filing of the certificate of organization required by subsection (a) shall be five hundred dollars. The fee for the filing of the annual report required by subsection (c) shall be two hundred and fifty dollars for any such limited liability company with five or fewer employees; or five hundred dollars for any such limited liability company with greater than five employees. Such fees shall be paid to the state secretary at the time the certificate of organization or the annual report is filed.