21. In the event of failure or neglect of any taxpayer which is a foreign corporation to pay the tax imposed by this chapter, on or before the first day of December in each year, immediate notice thereof may be given by the director to the Secretary of State who shall immediately revoke the certificate of authority of said corporation to do business in the State of New Jersey and notice of such revocation shall be given by the Secretary of State to the corporation affected and thereafter such corporation, so far as the further transaction of business in the State of New Jersey is concerned, shall be in the same condition as if no certificate of authority had ever been issued to it by the Secretary of State, but remedies provided by this chapter for the collection of the tax and interest and penalties shall remain unimpaired. After the revocation of any such certificate of authority, no new certificate shall be issued by the Secretary of State to such defaulting corporation until the payment of all assessments imposed hereunder and remaining unpaid with penalties and interest and any costs that may have accrued, such payment to be evidenced by a certificate of the director.

L.1945, c.162, s.21; amended 2018, c.48, s.14.