Section 204. Reports to be made by the secretary of state

1.  Report.  The
  secretary of state shall transmit to the commissioner a  report  of  the
  stock  corporations or corporations formed for profit whose certificates
  of incorporation are filed, or of  the  foreign  stock  corporations  or
  corporations  formed  for  profit to whom a certificate of authority has
  been issued to do business in this state.
    2. Contents of report.   Such report  shall  state  the  name  of  the
  corporation, its place of business, the amount of its capital stock, its
  purposes  or objects, its duration, the names and places of residence of
  its directors, and, if a foreign  corporation,  its  place  of  business
  within  the  state and the name and address of its designee. In the case
  of a domestic business corporation, such report  shall  also  state  the
  accounting  period  which  the  corporation  intends to establish as its
  first calendar or  fiscal  year  for  reporting  the  franchise  tax  on
  business  corporations imposed by article nine-A of this chapter, and in
  the case of a  foreign business corporation, the accounting period which
  it uses or will use to compute its federal income tax.
    3. Notice.  The secretary of state shall also cause to be  transmitted
  to the commissioner notice of all dissolutions, mergers, consolidations,
  take-overs,  increases  and decreases of capital stock, changes of names
  and re-organization  of  domestic  stock  corporations  or  corporations
  formed  for profit, and dissolutions, withdrawals and revocations of and
  changes of designees of foreign corporations, filed or recorded  in  his
  or her office.
    4.  Additional reports. The secretary of state shall make like reports
  to the commissioner whenever required by him or her relating to any such
  corporations whose certificates have been filed or to  whom  certificate
  of  authority  has  been  issued  prior  to  the time this article takes
  effect, and during any period of time specified by the  commissioner  in
  his or her request for such report.
    5.  Definitions.  For purposes of this section, the term "corporation"
  shall be deemed to include a limited liability  company  and  a  limited
  liability   partnership   registered   under   article  eight-B  of  the
  partnership law, and the term "certificates of incorporation"  shall  be
  deemed  to  include  articles  of  organization  of  a limited liability
  company  and,  with  respect  to  a  limited  liability  partnership,  a
  registration  described  in section 121-1500 of the partnership law or a
  notice described in section 121-1502 of such law.