§ 14-5-11 — Applicability of Chapters 2 and 3 to corporations chartered by General Assembly; filing of annual registration with Secretary of State

(a) If there is no other statute which authorizes or prescribes the manner in which any domestic corporation which is not otherwise subject to Chapter 2 or Chapter 3 of this title may amend its charter or articles of incorporation, merge, or take any other action which a corporation which is subject to Chapter 2 or Chapter 3 of this title is authorized to take, such domestic corporation is authorized to take such action in the same manner and subject to the same provisions, conditions, limitations, and procedures prescribed in Chapter 2 or Chapter 3 of this title. The provisions of this Code section shall apply to corporations chartered by Acts of the General Assembly of Georgia. (b) Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation which is doing business in this state and which is not otherwise required to register with the Secretary of State under any other law of this state shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual registration in the same manner, containing the same information, and subject to the same conditions, requirements, fees, and procedures as set out in Code Section 14-2-1622 . Any corporation failing to file such registration shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in Chapter 2 of this title for corporations which fail to file an annual registration.