Sec. 34-38n. Fees payable to the Secretary of the State for limited partnership documents.
Sec. 34-13e. Annual report. (a) Each limited partnership shall file an annual report by electronic transmission with the Secretary of the State that shall be due upon the anniversary of the formation of the limited partnership. Upon request of a limited partnership, the Secretary of the State may grant an exemption from the requirement to file an annual report by electronic transmission if the limited partnership does not have the capability to file by electronic transmission or make payment in an authorized manner by electronic means or if other good cause is shown.
(b) Each annual report shall set forth: (1) The name of the limited partnership; (2) the address of the office of the limited partnership required to be maintained by section 34-13b; (3) the electronic mail address, if any, of the limited partnership; (4) if applicable, the name and address of the statutory agent; and (5) such additional information, including the North American Industry Classification System Code, that the Secretary deems pertinent for determining the principal purpose of the limited partnership.
(c) Each annual report shall be executed in accordance with section 34-10a and be accompanied by the filing fee established in section 34-38n. The Secretary of the State shall deliver to each limited partnership at the address of the office required to be maintained by section 34-13b or its electronic mail address, as shown by his records, notice that the annual report is due, but failure to receive such notice shall not relieve a limited partnership of the requirement of filing the report as provided in this section.
(P.A. 95-252, S. 1; P.A. 11-146, S. 7; P.A. 19-40, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-146 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “On and after January 1, 1996”, require annual report to be filed “by electronic transmission” and add provision re authority of Secretary of the State to grant exemption from electronic filing requirement if partnership does not have capability to file or pay electronically or if other good cause is shown, amended Subsec. (b) to add Subdiv. (3) re electronic mail address and amended Subsec. (c) to require Secretary of the State to “deliver” to each limited partnership at “the address of the office required to be maintained by section 34-13b or its electronic mail address” a “notice that the annual report is due”, rather than “mail” to each limited partnership “at its address” a “form prescribed by him for the annual report”, and make a conforming change, effective January 1, 2012; P.A. 19-40 amended Subsec. (b) by adding Subdiv. (4) re name and address of statutory agent, adding Subdiv. (5) re additional information deemed pertinent by Secretary, and making a technical change, effective January 1, 2020.
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Sec. 34-32b. Cancellation by forfeiture for failure to file annual report or maintain statutory agent for service. (a) The Secretary of the State may effect the cancellation of a limited partnership by forfeiture as provided in this section.
(b) Whenever any limited partnership is more than one year in default of filing its annual report as required by section 34-13e, the Secretary of the State may notify such limited partnership by first class mail addressed to such limited partnership at its address as last shown on the Secretary's records that under the provisions of this section the limited partnership's rights and powers are prima facie forfeited. Unless the limited partnership, within three months of the mailing of such notice, files such annual report, the Secretary of the State shall prepare and file in the Secretary's office a certificate of cancellation by forfeiture stating that the delinquent limited partnership's certificate has been cancelled by forfeiture by reason of its default.
(c) Whenever it comes to the attention of the Secretary of the State that a limited partnership has failed to maintain a statutory agent for service, the Secretary of the State may notify such limited partnership by registered or certified mail addressed to such limited partnership at its address as last shown on his records that under the provisions of this section the limited partnership's rights and powers are prima facie forfeited. Unless the limited partnership within three months of the mailing of such notice files an appointment of statutory agent for service, the Secretary of the State shall prepare and file in his office a certificate of cancellation by forfeiture stating that the delinquent limited partnership's certificate has been cancelled by forfeiture by reason of its default.
(d) Cancellation shall be effective upon the filing by the Secretary of the State in his office of such certificate of cancellation by forfeiture.
(e) After filing the certificate of cancellation by forfeiture, the Secretary of the State shall: (1) Mail a certified copy thereof to the delinquent limited partnership at its address as last shown on his records; and (2) cause notice of the filing of such certificate of cancellation by forfeiture to be posted on the office of the Secretary of the State's Internet web site for a period of sixty days following the date on which the Secretary of the State files the certificate of cancellation by forfeiture.
(P.A. 95-252, S. 3; P.A. 14-154, S. 12; P.A. 19-40, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 14-154 added new Subsec. (b) re cancellation by forfeiture of limited partnership that is in default of filing annual report, redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) to (d) as Subsecs. (c) to (e), amended redesignated Subsec. (c) by deleting reference to mail evidenced by certificate of mailing and amended redesignated Subsec. (e) by deleting requirements that certificate of cancellation by forfeiture be sent by registered or certified mail and published in 2 successive issues of the Connecticut Law Journal and by adding requirement that Secretary of the State cause notice of filing of certificate of cancellation by forfeiture to be posted on the office's web site, effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 19-40 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “registered or certified mail” with “first class mail” and making technical changes, effective January 1, 2020.
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Sec. 34-38n. Fees payable to the Secretary of the State for limited partnership documents. (a) The Secretary of the State shall receive, for filing any document or certificate required to be filed under sections 34-10, 34-13a, 34-13e, 34-32, 34-32a, 34-32c, 34-38g and 34-38s, the following fees: (1) For reservation or cancellation of reservation of name, sixty dollars; (2) for a certificate of limited partnership and appointment of statutory agent, one hundred twenty dollars; (3) for a certificate of amendment, one hundred twenty dollars; (4) for a certificate of merger or consolidation, sixty dollars; (5) for a certificate of registration, one hundred twenty dollars; (6) for a change of agent or change of address of agent, twenty dollars; (7) for a certificate of reinstatement, one hundred twenty dollars; and (8) for an annual report, (A) prior to July 1, 2020, twenty dollars, and (B) on or after July 1, 2020, eighty dollars.
(b) Miscellaneous charges: (1) At the time of any service of process on the Secretary of the State as statutory agent of a limited partnership, the plaintiff in the process so served shall pay fifty dollars; (2) for preparing and furnishing a copy of any document or instrument or paper filed or recorded relating to a limited partnership: For each copy of each such document thereof regardless of the number of pages, forty dollars; for affixing his certification and official seal thereto, fifteen dollars; (3) for preparing and furnishing a certificate that may reflect any and all changes of limited partnership names and the dates of filing thereof, fifty dollars; and (4) for other services for which fees are not provided by the general statutes, the Secretary of the State may charge such fees which shall, in his judgment, cover the cost of the services provided.
(P.A. 80-366; P.A. 86-379, S. 27; P.A. 88-159, S. 7, 11; P.A. 89-251, S. 176, 203; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 104, 117; P.A. 93-363, S. 26; P.A. 94-123, S. 5; P.A. 95-252, S. 8; P.A. 03-18, S. 59; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 372; P.A. 14-154, S. 14; P.A. 19-117, S. 344.)
History: P.A. 86-379 added fee of $40 for appointment of statutory agent and fee of $6 for change of agent or address of agent; P.A. 88-159 added Subsec. (b) re miscellaneous charges; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to raise fee from $8 to $10 and Subsec. (b) to change fees in Subdiv. (1) from $11 to $25, Subdiv. (2) from $11 to $15 and $6 to $5 and Subdiv. (3) from $10 to $25; P.A. 93-363 amended Subsec. (a) by inserting new Subdiv. (4) providing fee of $30 per each limited partnership for a certificate of merger or consolidation, renumbering former Subdivs. (4) to (6), inclusive, accordingly, and amended Subsec. (b)(2) by increasing fee for each copy of document from $15 to $20; P.A. 94-123 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to specify that the fee for cancellation of reservation of name shall be $30; P.A. 95-252 amended Subsec. (a) to include references to documents or certificates filed under Secs. 34-13e, 34-32c and 34-38s, to replace in Subdiv. (4) “each limited partnership” with “each constituent domestic and foreign limited partnership”, to add Subdiv. (8) providing fee of $60 for a certificate of reinstatement and to add Subdiv. (9) providing fee of $10 for an annual report and amended Subsec. (b)(3) to replace “for preparing his certificate certifying the filing” with “for preparing and furnishing a certificate that may reflect any and all changes of limited partnership names and the dates of filing thereof”; P.A. 03-18 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by deleting “per each constituent domestic and foreign limited partnership”, effective July 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees; P.A. 14-154 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (5) re filing fee for certificate of cancellation and redesignating existing Subdivs. (6) to (9) as Subdivs. (5) to (8), effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a)(8) by increasing annual report filing fee from $20 to $80 on or after July 1, 2020, effective July 1, 2019.
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