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Secretary of State amends bill to let office remove fraudulent business filings, requires in-state registered agent address
Summary
An amendment to House Bill 406 narrowed authority for the Secretary of State—s office to cancel or remove fraudulent corporate filings after a sworn complaint and set minimum requirements for registered agents, and the subcommittee voted to pass the bill as amended.
The Commerce and Consumer Affairs subcommittee voted to pass an amended version of House Bill 406 that narrows the Secretary of State—s authority to intervene in business filings and establishes minimum requirements for registered agents.
The amendment, presented by Tom Connolly of the Secretary of State—s Corporation Division, removed a prior proposal to validate filings proactively and instead authorizes the office to review and remove filings found to be fraudulent after receiving a sworn complaint from an affected person or business. "The amendment narrows the scope of our authority to review after either we receive a written complaint from a consumer or from a business," Connolly said. He told the committee the…
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