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CT Gen Stat § 33-898 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-898 - Receivership or custodianship.

 (a) Unless an election to purchase has been filed under section 33-900, a court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage, the business and affairs of the corporation. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property wherever located.(b) The court may appoint an individual or a domestic or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state as a receiver or custodian. The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs.(c) The court shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended from time to time. Among other powers: (1) The receiver (A) may dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court, and (B) may sue and defend in his own name as receiver of the corporation in all courts of this state; (2) the custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its board of directors or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best interests of its shareholders and creditors.(d) The court during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, if doing so is in the best interests of the corporation, its shareholders and creditors.(e) The court from time to time during the receivership or custodianship may order compensation paid and expenses paid or reimbursed to the receiver or custodian from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the assets.(P.A. 94-186, S. 175, 215; P.A. 09-55, S. 25.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add “Unless an election to purchase has been filed under section 33-900” and provide that court has “jurisdiction” over the corporation and its property, rather than “exclusive jurisdiction”, and amended Subsec. (e) to authorize court to order “expenses paid or reimbursed to the receiver or custodian” rather than “expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and his counsel”.
CT Gen Stat § 33-899 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-899 - Decree of dissolution.

 (a) If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in section 33-896 exist, it may enter a decree dissolving the corporation and specifying the effective date of the dissolution, and the clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy of the decree to the Secretary of the State, who shall file it.(b) After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the corporation's business and affairs in accordance with section 33-884 and the notification of claimants in accordance with sections 33-886 and 33-887.(P.A. 94-186, S. 176, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 127, 254; P.A. 09-55, S. 26.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that the entry of a decree dissolving the corporation is discretionary in the case of the grounds specified in Subsec. (a) of Sec. 33-896 and mandatory in the case of the grounds specified in Subsec. (b) of Sec. 33-896, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 09-55 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision re grounds specified in Sec. 33-896(a) and (b) dissolution.Where there is a continuing failure to hold annual meetings, and there appears to be no chance of breaking the deadlock between the parties, it is proper to dissolve the corporation. 55 CA 272.
CT Gen Stat § 33-903 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-903 - Deposit of assets with State Treasurer or other state official.

 Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant or shareholder of the corporation who cannot be found or who is not competent to receive them shall be reduced to cash and deposited for safekeeping with the State Treasurer or other state official authorized to hold such assets. When the creditor, claimant or shareholder furnishes satisfactory proof of entitlement to the amount deposited, the State Treasurer or such other state official shall pay him or his representative that amount.(P.A. 94-186, S. 178, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 129, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “other appropriate state official” with “other state official authorized to hold such assets” and made corresponding technical changes, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-910 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-910 - Provisions applicable to specially chartered corporations.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 33-910 to 33-914, inclusive, all provisions of sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, shall govern and apply to specially chartered corporations formed before or after January 1, 1997, without need for acceptance thereby.(b) If the certificate of incorporation as in effect on January 1, 1997, of a specially chartered corporation contains any provision contrary to or inconsistent with or in addition to any provision of sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, including this section, the provision contained in such certificate of incorporation shall govern such corporation, and the provisions of said sections shall not be held or construed to alter or affect any provision of the certificate of incorporation of a specially chartered corporation inconsistent herewith except as provided in sections 33-890, 33-912, 33-953 and 33-954.(P.A. 94-186, S. 179, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 130, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-911 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-911 - Formation of specially chartered corporation.

 Formation of a specially chartered corporation shall, following enactment of its special charter act, be completed in all respects in the same manner as formation of a corporation organized under sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, except that: (1) The incorporators shall be such as are named in such act, if any; (2) no certificate of incorporation shall be filed but in lieu thereof a copy of the special act shall be filed as provided in the case of a certificate of incorporation; and (3) the ninety-day period referred to in subsection (b) of section 33-953 as dating from the filing of the certificate of incorporation shall commence with the date of enactment of the special act.(P.A. 94-186, S. 180, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 131, 254; P.A. 19-40, S. 16.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation where appearing and replaced “one-year” with “thirty-day” in Subdiv. (3), effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 19-40 amended Subdiv. (3) by replacing reference to 30-day period with reference to 90-day period, effective January 1, 2020.
CT Gen Stat § 33-912 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-912 - Amendment of special charter.

 (a) Amendment of a special charter by the General Assembly shall require acceptance by the corporation if and to the extent provided in the act of amendment.(b) The certificate of incorporation of a specially chartered corporation may be amended by its shareholders for the purposes and in the manner provided by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, for corporations incorporated under said sections except that its certificate of incorporation as so amended shall not authorize it to engage in any business or to carry on its business in any area unless either (1) it could be so authorized under section 33-645, or (2) it was so authorized by its certificate of incorporation prior to such amendment. A specially chartered corporation the name of which does not contain the words “corporation” or “company” or “incorporated” or “limited” or “Societa per Azioni” or an abbreviation of one of such words may amend its certificate of incorporation pursuant to this subsection without changing its name.(c) A restated certificate of incorporation adopted by a specially chartered corporation need not, in order to preserve the provisions of special acts of the legislature setting forth its franchises, whether of a public or a private nature, the nature of its business, and its special rights, privileges and immunities, recite such provisions.(P.A. 94-186, S. 181, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 132, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation where appearing and amended Subsec. (b) to add “Societa per Azioni”, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-913 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-913 - Surrender of charter and reincorporation.

 (a) Any specially chartered corporation may surrender its charter and reincorporate under sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, in the manner provided in this section, provided its certificate of incorporation upon effecting reincorporation shall contain only such provisions as might be lawfully contained in a certificate of incorporation under said sections at the time of effecting reincorporation.(b) The shareholders shall adopt a resolution to such effect and a certificate of incorporation complying with sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, both in the manner provided by section 33-797 in the case of an amendment by shareholders, except that the affirmative vote required shall be at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of each class.(c) A certificate setting forth such resolution and a certificate of incorporation, and citing the act of the legislature by or under which such corporation was created, shall be executed and filed as provided in section 33-797 in the case of an amendment by shareholders.(d) Reincorporation shall take effect as provided in section 33-637. Upon the effectiveness of such reincorporation, the corporation shall cease to be a specially chartered corporation, shall continue its corporate existence under sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, and shall in all respects be subject to and have the benefits of said sections.(P.A. 94-186, S. 182, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 133, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 replaced “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation where appearing and made a technical change, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-914 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-914 - Franchise tax.

 (a) Specially chartered corporations formed after January 1, 1961, shall pay franchise tax as provided in section 33-618.(b) A specially chartered corporation in existence on January 1, 1961, shall, in respect of the number of shares which it is authorized by shareholders to issue but has not been issued at said date, continue to pay franchise tax under and in accordance with franchise tax provisions in effect and applicable to such corporations on said date.(c) Together with its payment of franchise tax next following January 1, 1961, each specially chartered corporation in existence on said date shall file with the Secretary of the State a statement, executed as provided in section 33-608, of the number of shares which it was authorized by shareholders to issue but had not issued by January 1, 1961. Whenever shareholders of such a corporation shall increase the number of shares authorized to be issued over the number set forth in such statement, the corporation shall file an amended statement, so executed, setting forth such increase and such corporation shall be subject to the provisions of section 33-618 as in the case of an increase of authorized shares by amendment of the certificate of incorporation. If the certificate of incorporation of such a corporation shall, by special act or by amendment by shareholders, be amended to provide for a designated number of authorized shares, which number is an increase over the number of authorized shares set forth in the latest statement filed pursuant to this subsection, such increase shall be subject to the provisions of section 33-618 and thereafter such corporation shall be subject to said section and to this subsection.(P.A. 94-186, S. 183, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 134, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (c) to replace references to “January 1, 1997” with “January 1, 1961” and “articles” of incorporation with “certificate” of incorporation, effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-920 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-920 - Authority to transact business required.

 (a) A foreign corporation, other than an insurance, surety or indemnity company, may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of the State. No foreign corporation engaged in the business of a gas, electric distribution or water company, or cemetery corporation, or of any company requiring the right to take and condemn lands or to occupy the public highways of this state, and no foreign telephone company, shall transact in this state the business authorized by its certificate of incorporation or by the laws of the state under which it was organized, unless empowered so to do by some general or special act of this state, except for the purpose of carrying out and renewing contracts existing upon August 1, 1903. No insurance, surety or indemnity company shall transact business in this state until it has procured a license from the Insurance Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 38a-41.(b) The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section: (1) Maintaining, defending or settling any proceeding; (2) holding meetings of the board of directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs; (3) maintaining bank accounts; (4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of the corporation's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities; (5) selling through independent contractors; (6) soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts; (7) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in real or personal property; (8) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts; (9) owning, without more, real or personal property; (10) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature; (11) transacting business in interstate commerce.(c) The list of activities in subsection (b) of this section is not exhaustive.(P.A. 94-186, S. 184, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 29, 99; P.A. 98-28, S. 108, 117; P.A. 14-134, S. 39.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to exempt an insurance, surety or indemnity company from the prohibition on a foreign corporation transacting business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of the State, effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 98-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding electric distribution companies, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 14-134 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to telegraph company and electric company, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 33-921a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-921a - Limited amnesty for foreign corporation transacting business without authority.

 Notwithstanding any provision of sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, any foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority that voluntarily comes forward during the period commencing July 1, 2001, and ending July 1, 2002, to obtain a certificate of authority shall not be liable for the monthly penalty that would otherwise be imposed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 33-921. The amnesty provided by this section shall not apply to any other fees, taxes or penalties owed by a foreign corporation or any interest thereon.(P.A. 01-81, S. 2, 3.)History: P.A. 01-81 effective July 1, 2001.
CT Gen Stat § 33-922 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-922 - Application for certificate of authority.

 (a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the Secretary of the State for filing. The application shall set forth: (1) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section 33-925; (2) the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated; (3) its date of incorporation and period of duration; (4) the street address of its principal office; (5) the address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office; (6) the electronic mail address, if any, of the corporation; and (7) the names and respective business and residence addresses of the directors and officers of the foreign corporation, except that if good cause is shown, the Secretary of the State may accept business addresses in lieu of business and residence addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation. For purposes of this section, a showing of good cause shall include, but not be limited to, a showing that public disclosure of the residence addresses of the corporation's directors and officers may expose the personal security of such directors and officers to significant risk.(b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the secretary of the state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.(P.A. 94-186, S. 186, 215; P.A. 97-246, S. 30, 99; P.A. 98-137, S. 14, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; P.A. 14-154, S. 3.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a)(6) to replace requirement that application set forth the “business addresses or, if there is no business address for any such person, the residence address, of its current directors and officers” with provision requiring application to set forth the respective business and residence addresses of the directors and officers but authorizing the Secretary of the State, for good cause, to accept business addresses in lieu of such business and residence addresses, effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 98-137 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision that a showing of good cause includes a showing that public disclosure of the residence addresses of the corporation's directors and officers may expose the personal security of such directors and officers to significant risk, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised effective date of P.A. 98-137, but without affecting this section; P.A. 14-154 amended Subsec. (a) to add new Subdiv. (6) re electronic mail address of corporation and redesignate existing Subdiv. (6) as Subdiv. (7), effective January 1, 2015.
CT Gen Stat § 33-923 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-923 - Amended certificate of authority.

 (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must obtain an amended certificate of authority from the Secretary of the State if it changes: (1) Its corporate name; (2) the period of its duration; or (3) the state or country of its incorporation.(b) The requirements of section 33-922 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.(P.A. 94-186, S. 187, 215.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 33-924 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 33 - Corporations|Chapter 601 - Business Corporations|Section 33-924 - Effect of certificate of authority.

 (a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive.(b) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same but no greater rights and has the same but no greater privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.(c) Sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, do not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.(P.A. 94-186, S. 188, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 135, 254.)History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective January 1, 1997.