A foreign LLC authorized to transact business in this State immediately before the repeal of Chapter 57C of the N.C. Gen. Stat. is subject to this Chapter but is not required to obtain a new certificate of authority to transact business under this Chapter. The certificate of authority of such a foreign LLC issued under former Chapter 57C of the N.C. Gen. Stat. before its repeal is to be deemed to have been issued under this Chapter. ?(2013-157, s. 2.)