Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 56-1a,255

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership agreement: means any valid written or oral agreement of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, domestic or foreign limited partnership, trust, estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity in its own or any representative capacity. See Kansas Statutes 56-1a,101
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.

(a) A partnership agreement may provide for classes or groups of general partners having such relative rights, powers and duties as the partnership agreement may provide, and may make provision for the future creation in the manner provided in the partnership agreement of additional classes or groups of general partners having such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be established, including rights, powers and duties senior to existing classes and groups of general partners.

(b) The partnership agreement may grant to all or certain identified general partners the right to vote on a per capita or any other basis, separately or with all or any class of the limited partners, on any matter.

(c) A partnership agreement which grants a right to vote may set forth provisions relating to notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any general partners, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy, or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.