BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF STATE

 OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the adoption of New Rule I pertaining to a name availability standard for registered business names

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CORRECTED NOTICE OF Adoption

 

TO:  All Concerned Persons

 

1.  On November 25, 2011, the Secretary of State published MAR Notice No. 44-2-177 pertaining to the public hearing on the proposed adoption of the above-stated rule at page 2510 of the 2011 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 22.  On January 12, 2012, the Secretary of State published the notice of adoption at page 135 of the 2012 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 1.

 

2.  This corrected notice is being filed to eliminate any reference to actual or potential internet domain sites in order to prevent links to any inappropriate web sites.  The rule, as adopted in corrected form, reads as follows, deleted matter interlined, new matter underlined:

 

            RULE I (44.5.131)  DISTINGUISHABLE ON/IN THE RECORDS(S)

            (1) through (4)(f) remain as adopted.

            (g)  the use of internet domain suffixes, for example:  "whitehouse.com," "whitehouse.org," and "whitehouse.net" .com, .org, and .net are not distinguishable.

 

AUTH:  35-1-1307, MCA

IMP:  30-13-202, 35-1-308, 35-1-311, 35-1-1031, 35-2-305, 35-2-307, 35-2-826, 35-4-206, 35-7-106, 35-7-112, 35-8-103, 35-8-108, 35-12-505, 35-12-1304, MCA

 

3.  The replacement pages for this corrected notice will be submitted on March 31, 2012.

 

 

/s/  JORGE QUINTANA                                /s/  LINDA MCCULLOCH                           

Jorge Quintana                                              Linda McCulloch

Rule Reviewer                                               Secretary of State

 

Dated this 28th day of February, 2012.