(a)Amendment procedure. Articles of organization of an LLC may be amended at any time, by filing articles of amendment with the secretary of state. The articles of amendment shall set forth the:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-249-204

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • articles of organization: means , in the case of an LLC, articles of organization or, to the extent applicable with respect to an LLC initially formed under and governed by the Tennessee Limited Liability Company Act, compiled in chapters 201-248 of this title, articles of conversion, taken together with all of the following, to the extent they modify, correct, restate or otherwise affect the articles of organization or articles of conversion: articles of amendment, articles of correction, certificates of merger and all documents required to be filed with any of the articles of amendment, articles of correction and certificates of merger, as part of the formation and continuation of an LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • LLC documents: means either, or both:
    (A) An LLC's articles. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Majority vote: means , with respect to a vote of the members, managers, or directors, as applicable:
    (A) If voting on a per capita basis, a majority in number of the members, managers or directors, as applicable, entitled to vote on a specific matter. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Operating agreement: means an agreement described in §. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary of state: means the individual who holds the office of secretary of state of this state. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Name of the LLC;
(2) Date of each amendment’s adoption; and
(3) Text of each amendment to the articles.
(b)Restatement. An LLC may restate its articles of organization at any time. Restated articles of organization shall be designated as such in the heading; provided, that, if the restatement also contains one (1) or more amendments to the articles, the restatement shall be designated in the heading as “Amended and Restated Articles of Organization.” An LLC restating its articles shall file the restated articles with the secretary of state, together with a certificate setting forth the name of the LLC and the date of approval by the LLC of the restatement. If the restatement contains any amendments to the articles, such certificate shall also set forth the text of each amendment and the date of its adoption. The restated articles shall contain all the requirements of articles as set out in § 48-249-202. Duly adopted and restated articles supersede the original articles and all prior amendments to the articles. The secretary of state may certify restated articles as the articles currently in effect, without including the certificate information required by this subsection (b).
(c)Approval. Any amendment to an LLC’s articles shall be approved by all of the members; provided, however, that amendment of any of the matters set forth in the articles under any of § 48-249-202(a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3) or (a)(5) only need be approved by a majority vote of the members. A restatement of the articles, to the extent not also involving an amendment of the articles, may be approved by action under § 48-249-401(a)(2), (b)(2) or (c)(2), as applicable. Any amendment to an LLC’s operating agreement shall be approved by the method provided in its LLC documents. If the LLC documents do not provide for the method by which an operating agreement may be amended, all of the members shall approve any amendment to the operating agreement.
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