Kansas Statutes 17-76,149. Definitions; contents of articles of organization and operating agreement
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 17-76,149
- Articles of organization: means the articles of organization referred to in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 17-7663
- Limited liability company interest: means a member's share of the profits and losses of a limited liability company and a member's right to receive distributions of the limited liability company's assets. See Kansas Statutes 17-7663
- Operating agreement: means any agreement, whether referred to as an operating agreement, limited liability company agreement or otherwise, written, oral, or implied, of the member or members as to the affairs of a limited liability company and the conduct of its business. See Kansas Statutes 17-7663
- Person: means a natural person, partnership, whether general or limited, limited liability company, trust, including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust, estate, association, including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee, corporation, government, including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity, or series thereof, in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Kansas Statutes 17-7663
- State: means the District of Columbia or the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 17-7663
(a) A “statutory public benefit limited liability company” is a for-profit limited liability company formed under and subject to the requirements of the Kansas revised limited liability company act that is intended to produce a public benefit or public benefits and to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner. To that end, a statutory public benefit limited liability company shall be managed in a manner that balances the members’ pecuniary interests, the best interests of those materially affected by the limited liability company’s conduct, and the public benefit or public benefits set forth in its articles of organization. A statutory public benefit limited liability company shall state in the heading of its articles of organization that it is a statutory public benefit limited liability company, and shall set forth one or more specific public benefits to be promoted by the limited liability company in its articles of organization. The operating agreement of a statutory public benefit limited liability company may not contain any provision inconsistent with Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-76,148 through 17-76,155, and amendments thereto.
(b) “Public benefit” means a positive effect, or reduction of negative effects, on one or more categories of persons, entities, communities or interests, other than members in their capacities as members, including, but not limited to, effects of an artistic, charitable, cultural, economic, educational, environmental, literary, medical, religious, scientific or technological nature. “Public benefit provisions” means the provisions of the articles of organization, an operating agreement, or both, in either case as contemplated by Kan. Stat. Ann. § 17-76,148 through 17-76,155, and amendments thereto.
(c) If the name of a statutory public benefit limited liability company does not contain the term “statutory public benefit limited liability company,” or the abbreviation “S.P.B.L.L.C.,” or the designation “SPBLLC,” or words or abbreviations of like import in other languages if they are written in Roman characters or letters, the statutory public benefit limited liability company shall, prior to issuing any limited liability company interest, provide notice to any person to whom such limited liability company interest is issued that it is a statutory public benefit limited liability company. Such notice need not be provided if the issuance is pursuant to an offering registered under the securities act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77r et seq., or if, at the time of issuance, the statutory public benefit limited liability company has a class of securities that is registered under the securities exchange act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a et seq.