RS 12:314.1
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RS 12:314.1
§314.1. Authority to investigate; penalty
A. The secretary of state may investigate any foreign corporation transacting business in this state which does not have a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.
B. The secretary of state may impose a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per violation against such foreign corporations transacting business in this state without a valid certificate of authority.
C. The secretary of state shall adopt a schedule of penalties to be imposed under the provisions of this Section in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.
D. If a penalty imposed under the provisions of this Section is not timely paid by a foreign corporation, the attorney general shall institute proceedings against the foreign corporation to collect such penalty.
Acts 1988, No. 513, §1.