(a) When a domestication becomes effective: (1) the domesticated entity is: (A) organized under and subject to the organic law of the domesticated entity; and (B) the same entity without interruption as the domesticating entity, even though the organic law of the domesticated entity may require or allow the name of the domesticated entity to be modified; (2) all property of the domesticating entity continues to be vested in the domesticated entity without assignment, reversion, or impairment; (3) all liabilities of the domesticating entity continue as liabilities of the domesticated entity; (4) except as provided by law other than this Act or the plan of domestication, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the domesticating entity remain in the domesticated entity; (5) the name of the domesticated entity may be substituted for the name of the domesticating entity in any pending action or proceeding; (6) if the domesticated entity is a filing entity, its public organic document is effective and is binding on its interest holders; (7) the private organic rules of the domesticated entity that are to be in a record, if any, approved as part of the plan of domestication are effective and are binding on and enforceable by: (A) its interest holders; and (B) in the case of a domesticated entity that is not a business corporation or nonprofit corporation, any other person that is a party to an agreement that is part of the domesticated entity's private organic rules; and (8) the interests in the domesticating entity are converted to the extent and as approved in connection with the domestication, and the interest holders of the domesticating entity are entitled only to the rights provided to them under the plan of domestication and to any appraisal rights they have under Section 109 and the domesticating entity's organic law. (b) Except as otherwise provided in the organic law or organic rules of the domesticating entity, the domestication does not give rise to any rights that an interest holder, governor, or third party would otherwise have upon a dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up of the domesticating entity. (c) When a domestication becomes effective, a person that did not have interest holder liability with respect to the domesticating entity and that becomes subject to interest holder liability with respect to a domestic entity as a result of the domestication has interest holder liability only to the extent provided by the organic law of the entity and only for those liabilities that arise after the domestication becomes effective. (d) When a domestication becomes effective: (1) the domestication does not discharge any interest holder liability under the organic law of a domestic domesticating entity to the extent the interest holder liability arose before the domestication became effective; (2) a person does not have interest holder liability under the organic law of a domestic domesticating entity for any liability that arises after the domestication becomes effective; (3) the organic law of a domestic domesticating entity continues to apply to the release, collection, or discharge of any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) as if the domestication had not occurred; and (4) a person has whatever rights of contribution from any other person as are provided by the organic law or organic rules of a domestic domesticating entity with respect to any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) as if the domestication had not occurred. (e) When a domestication becomes effective, a foreign entity that is the domesticated entity: (1) may be served with process in this State for the collection and enforcement of any of its liabilities; and (2) appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process for collecting or enforcing those liabilities. (f) If the domesticating entity is a qualified foreign entity, the certificate of authority or other foreign qualification of the domesticating entity is canceled when the domestication becomes effective. (g) A domestication does not require the entity to wind up its affairs and does not constitute or cause the dissolution of the entity. law of the domesticated entity; and domesticating entity, even though the organic law of the domesticated entity may require or allow the name of the domesticated entity to be modified; continues to be vested in the domesticated entity without assignment, reversion, or impairment; continue as liabilities of the domesticated entity; the plan of domestication, all of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the domesticating entity remain in the domesticated entity; substituted for the name of the domesticating entity in any pending action or proceeding; its public organic document is effective and is binding on its interest holders; entity that are to be in a record, if any, approved as part of the plan of domestication are effective and are binding on and enforceable by: not a business corporation or nonprofit corporation, any other person that is a party to an agreement that is part of the domesticated entity's private organic rules; and converted to the extent and as approved in connection with the domestication, and the interest holders of the domesticating entity are entitled only to the rights provided to them under the plan of domestication and to any appraisal rights they have under Section 109 and the domesticating entity's organic law. holder liability under the organic law of a domestic domesticating entity to the extent the interest holder liability arose before the domestication became effective; under the organic law of a domestic domesticating entity for any liability that arises after the domestication becomes effective; entity continues to apply to the release, collection, or discharge of any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) as if the domestication had not occurred; and from any other person as are provided by the organic law or organic rules of a domestic domesticating entity with respect to any interest holder liability preserved under paragraph (1) as if the domestication had not occurred. collection and enforcement of any of its liabilities; and for service of process for collecting or enforcing those liabilities. (805 ILCS 415/Art. 4 heading) ARTICLE 4. FEES AND OTHER MATTERS
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