(a) In a member-managed limited liability company:

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-404

  • Articles of organization: means initial, amended, and restated articles of organization and articles of merger. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, and other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Entity: includes domestic and foreign corporations, domestic professional corporations, domestic and foreign limited liability companies, domestic and foreign nonprofit corporations, domestic and foreign business trusts, estates, domestic and foreign partnerships, domestic and foreign limited partnerships, domestic and foreign limited liability partnerships, trusts, two or more persons having joint or common economic interest, associations and cooperative associations, and state, federal, and foreign governments. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Limited liability company: means a limited liability company organized under this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Manager: means a person, whether or not a member of a manager-managed limited liability company, who is vested with authority under section 428-301(b). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company which is so designated in its articles of organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Operating agreement: means the agreement under section 428-103 concerning the relations among the members, managers, and limited liability company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with the present intention to authenticate a record. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 428-101
(1) Each member has equal rights in the management and conduct of the company’s business; and
(2) Except as specified in subsection (c), any matter relating to the business of the company may be decided by a majority of the members.
(b) In a manager-managed limited liability company:

(1) The manager or managers have the exclusive authority to manage and conduct the company’s business;
(2) Except as specified in subsection (c), any matter relating to the business of the company may be exclusively decided by the manager or, if there is more than one manager, by a majority of the managers; and
(3) A manager shall:

(A) Be designated, appointed, elected, removed, or replaced by a vote, approval, or consent of a majority of the members; and
(B) Remain in office until a successor has been elected, unless the manager resigns or is removed sooner.
(c) The only matters of a limited liability company’s business that require the consent of all the members are:

(1) Amendments to the operating agreement under section 428-103;
(2) Authorization or ratification of acts or transactions under section 428-103(b)(2)(B) which would otherwise violate the duty of loyalty;
(3) Amendments to the articles of organization under § 428-204;
(4) Compromising an obligation to make a contribution under section 428-402(b);
(5) Compromising among members, an obligation of a member to make a contribution or return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of this chapter;
(6) Making interim distributions under section 428-405(a);
(7) Admission of a new member;
(8) Use of the company’s property to redeem an interest subject to a charging order;
(9) Consent to dissolve the company under section 428-801(2);
(10) Waiving of the right to have the company’s business wound up and the company terminated under section 428-802(b);
(11) Merging the company with another entity under section [ 428-904(e)(1) ]; and
(12) Selling, leasing, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of all, or substantially all, of the company’s property with or without goodwill.
(d) Action requiring the consent of members or managers under this chapter may be taken with or without a meeting. If a meeting is otherwise required and written action in lieu thereof is not prohibited, the written action must be evidenced by one or more consents reflected in a record describing the action taken and signed by all of the members or managers entitled to vote on the action.
(e) A member or manager may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the member or manager by signing an appointment instrument, either personally or by the member’s or manager’s attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is valid for eleven months unless a different time is specified in the appointment instrument. An appointment is revocable by the member or manager unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, in which case the appointment is revoked when the interest is extinguished.

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