(a) A limited partnership may be converted to a partnership pursuant to this section.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-1-903

  • 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.
  • Partnership: means an association of two (2) or more persons to carry on as co-owners of a business or other undertaking for profit formed under §. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
  • 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 the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See Tennessee Code 61-1-101
(b) Notwithstanding a provision to the contrary in a limited partnership agreement, the terms and conditions of a conversion of a limited partnership to a partnership must be approved by all of the partners.
(c) After the conversion is approved by the partners, the limited partnership shall cancel its certificate of limited partnership.
(d) The conversion takes effect when the certificate of limited partnership is canceled.
(e) A limited partner who becomes a general partner as a result of the conversion remains liable only as a limited partner for an obligation incurred by the limited partnership before the conversion takes effect. The partner is liable as a general partner for an obligation of the partnership incurred after the conversion takes effect.
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