§ 310. Corporate petroleum businesses; collection of taxes and\npenalties.--(a) Designation for service of process.--Every petroleum\nbusiness which is a corporation, except such a petroleum business having\na certificate of authority under section two hundred twelve of the\ngeneral corporation law or having authority to do business by virtue of\nsection thirteen hundred five of the business corporation law, shall\nfile in the department of state a certificate of designation in its\ncorporate name, signed and acknowledged by its president or\nvice-president or its secretary or treasurer, under its corporate seal,\ndesignating the secretary of state as its agent upon whom process in any\naction provided for by this article may be served within this state, and\nsetting forth an address to which the secretary of state shall mail a\ncopy of any such process against such petroleum business which may be\nserved upon him. In case any such petroleum business shall have failed\nto file such certificate of designation, it shall be deemed to have\ndesignated the secretary of state as its agent upon whom such process\nagainst it may be served; and until a certificate of designation shall\nhave been filed such a petroleum business shall be deemed to have\ndirected the secretary of state to mail copies of process served upon\nhim to such petroleum business at its last known office address within\nor without the state. When a certificate of designation has been filed\nby such a petroleum business the secretary of state shall mail copies of\nprocess thereafter served upon him to the address set forth in such\ncertificate. Any such petroleum business, from time to time, may change\nthe address to which the secretary of state is directed to mail copies\nof process, by filing a certificate to that effect executed, signed and\nacknowledged in like manner as a certificate of designation as herein\nprovided.\n (b) Service of process.--Service of process upon any petroleum\nbusiness which is a corporation (including any such petroleum business\nhaving a certificate of authority under section two hundred twelve of\nthe general corporation law or having authority to do business by virtue\nof section thirteen hundred five of the business corporation law), in\nany action commenced at any time pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, may be made by either (1) personally delivering to and leaving\nwith the secretary of state, a deputy secretary of state or with any\nperson authorized by the secretary of state to receive such service\nduplicate copies thereof at the office of the department of state in the\ncity of Albany, in which event the secretary of state shall forthwith\nsend by registered mail, return receipt requested, one of such copies to\nsuch petroleum business at the address designated by it or at its last\nknown office address within or without the state, or (2) personally\ndelivering to and leaving with the secretary of state, a deputy\nsecretary of state or with any person authorized by the secretary of\nstate to receive such service, a copy thereof at the office of the\ndepartment of state in the city of Albany and by delivering a copy\nthereof to, and leaving such copy with, the president, vice-president,\nsecretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, or\ncashier of such petroleum business, or the officer performing\ncorresponding functions under another name, or a director or managing\nagent of such petroleum business, personally without the state. Proof of\nsuch personal service without the state shall be filed with the clerk of\nthe court in which the action is pending within thirty days after such\nservice, and such service shall be complete ten days after proof thereof\nis filed.\n (c) Forfeiture penalty.--If any taxes, penalties or interest due under\nthis article are not paid by a petroleum business which is a\ncorporation, or any return required is not filed by such a petroleum\nbusiness, and the tax commis
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