Kansas Statutes 17-7302. Foreign corporations; filing of merger or consolidation information; amendments to articles of incorporation
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-7302
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Whenever any foreign corporation admitted to do business in this state is a party to a merger or consolidation with any other foreign corporation, whether or not admitted to do business in this state, such foreign corporation shall file with the secretary of state of this state, within 30 days after the time the merger or consolidation becomes effective, a certificate of the proper officer of the jurisdiction under the laws of which the merger or consolidation was effected, attesting to such merger or consolidation, or a form prescribed by the secretary of state of this state, in each case stating:
(1) The corporate parties thereto;
(2) the jurisdiction of incorporation of each corporate party;
(3) the time when such merger or consolidation became effective; and
(4) that the resulting or surviving corporation is a corporation in good standing in such jurisdiction.
(b) Whenever any foreign corporation admitted to do business in this state shall amend its articles of incorporation in a manner that affects any of the information contained on such corporation’s application to do business in Kansas, the corporation shall file with the secretary of state, within 30 days after the amendment is adopted, a certificate of the proper officer of the jurisdiction in which such corporation has been incorporated attesting to such amendment. In the alternative, any foreign corporation may amend its original application for authority to do business in Kansas by filing a certificate of amendment certifying that such amendment has been duly adopted and executed in accordance with Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 17-7908 through 17-7910, and amendments thereto.