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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:12:1355",
  "title_number": "12",
  "section_number": "1355",
  "citation": "R.S. 12:1355",
  "heading": "Authority to investigate; penalty",
  "text": "A. The secretary of state may investigate any foreign limited liability company transacting business in this state which does not have a certificate of authority to transact business in this state.\n\nB. The secretary of state may impose a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars per violation against any foreign limited liability company transacting business in this state without a valid certificate of authority.\n\nC. 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.\n\nD. If a penalty imposed under the provisions of this Section is not timely paid by a foreign limited liability company, the attorney general shall institute proceedings against the foreign limited liability company to collect such penalty.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "12",
      "name": "CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "22",
      "name": "LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "VIII",
      "name": "FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 12 › Chapter 22 › Part VIII",
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      "act_year": 1992,
      "act_number": 780,
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      "effective_date": "1992-07-07",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 7, 1992",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1992, No. 780, §2, eff. July 7, 1992.",
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