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urn: urn:us-la:rs:12:1355
citation: "R.S. 12:1355"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 12 › Chapter 22 › Part VIII"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1992, number: 780, section: 2, effective_date: 1992-07-07, role: enactment }
---

# Authority to investigate; penalty

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.

B. 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.

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 limited liability company, the attorney general shall institute proceedings against the foreign limited liability company to collect such penalty.