(1) A limited liability company interest may be issued in exchange for consideration consisting of cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services.
(2) A person may be admitted to a limited liability company as a member of the limited liability company and may receive a limited liability company interest without making a contribution or being obligated to make a contribution to the limited liability company.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 275.195

  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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 any agreement, written or oral, among all of the members, as to the conduct of the business and affairs of a limited liability company. See Kentucky Statutes 275.015
  • Person: means an individual, a partnership, a domestic or foreign limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an association, a corporation, or any other legal entity. See Kentucky Statutes 275.015
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.

(3) Unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, a person may be admitted to a limited liability company as a member without acquiring a limited liability company interest.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Repealed and reenacted 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 113, effective July 15,
2010. — Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137, sec. 113, effective June 26, 2007. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 39, effective July 15, 1994.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2010). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 51, sec. 183, provides, “The specific textual provisions of Sections 1 to 178 of this Act which reflect amendments made to those sections by 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 137 shall be deemed effective as of June 26, 2007, and those provisions are hereby made expressly retroactive to that date, with the remainder of the text of those sections being unaffected by the provisions of this section.”