SB810,155,9 1. All fees and other charges that would have been imposed by this chapter on the foreign limited partnership had it properly filed a foreign registration statement as required by this section and thereafter filed all reports required by this chapter.

SB810,155,10 2. Fifty percent of the amount owed under subd. 1 or $5,000, whichever is less.

SB810,155,15 (b) The foreign limited partnership shall pay the amount owed under par. (a) to the department, and the department may not file a foreign registration statement for the foreign limited partnership until the amount owed is paid. The attorney general may enforce a foreign limited partnership's obligation to pay to the department any amount owed under this subsection.

SB810,155,18 179.1003 Foreign registration statement. To register to do business in this state, a foreign limited partnership must deliver a foreign registration statement to the department for filing. The statement must state all of the following:

SB810,155,20 (1) The name of the partnership and, if the name does not comply with s. 179.0114, a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 179.1006 (1).

SB810,155,21 (2) That the partnership is a foreign limited partnership.

SB810,155,22 (3) The jurisdiction of the partnership's governing law.

SB810,156,2 (4) The street and mailing addresses of the partnership's principal office and, if the partnership's governing law requires the partnership to maintain an office in the jurisdiction of such governing law, the street and mailing addresses of the required office.

SB810,156,4 (5) The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.

SB810,156,7 179.1004 Amendment of foreign registration statement. A registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver to the department for filing an amendment to its foreign registration statement if there is a change in any of the following:

SB810,156,10 (1) The name of the partnership and, if the name of the partnership filing an amendment does not comply with s. 179.0114, a fictitious name adopted pursuant to s. 179.1006 (1).

SB810,156,11 (1r) The cessation of the partnership's status as a foreign limited partnership.

SB810,156,12 (2) The jurisdiction of the partnership's governing law.

SB810,156,13 (3) An address required by s. 179.1003 (4).

SB810,156,15 (4) The information required by s. 179.1003 (5), unless such information has previously been changed pursuant to s. 179.0118, 179.0209, or 179.0212.

SB810,156,18 179.1005 Activities not constituting doing business. (1) Activities of a foreign limited partnership which do not constitute doing business in this state under this subchapter include all of the following:

SB810,156,20 (a) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding.

SB810,156,22 (b) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its partners.

SB810,156,23 (c) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.

SB810,157,3 (d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the partnership or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities.

SB810,157,4 (e) Selling through independent contractors.

SB810,157,6 (f) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.

SB810,157,8 (g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property.

SB810,157,10 (h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts and holding, protecting, or maintaining property.

SB810,157,12 (i) Conducting an isolated transaction that is not in the course of similar transactions.

SB810,157,13 (j) Owning, without more, property.

SB810,157,14 (k) Doing business in interstate commerce.

SB810,157,16 (2) A person does not do business in this state solely by being a partner of a foreign limited partnership that does business in this state.

SB810,157,19 (3) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited partnership to service of process, taxation, or regulation under law of this state other than this chapter.