BILL NUMBER: SB 653	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Correa

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 22 to the Corporations Code, relating to
business.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 653, as introduced, Correa. Tribal business entities: file
numbers.
    Federally recognized tribes are those Indian tribes recognized by
the United States Secretary of the Interior for certain federal
government purposes. Existing federal law authorizes a federally
recognized tribe to form a business entity.
   Existing law requires various business entities, including, but
not limited to, corporations, foreign corporations, limited liability
companies, and foreign limited liability companies, to file
statements containing specified information with the Secretary of
State. Existing law also authorizes the Secretary of State to issue
file numbers to these entities.
   This bill would require the Secretary of State, upon written
request by a tribal business entity formed by a federally recognized
tribe, to issue a file number to that business entity to be used for
specified purposes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 22 is added to the Corporations Code, to read:
   22.  Upon written request, the Secretary of State shall issue a
file number to a business entity formed by a federally recognized
Indian tribe. The written request shall be provided on a form
prescribed by the Secretary of State and shall contain any
information that the secretary deems necessary. The file number may
be used by the business entity for the sole purposes of obtaining
business licenses and filing California income taxes.