A limited liability company is a member-managed limited liability company unless the operating agreement:
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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-407
Manager: means a person that under the operating agreement of a manager-managed limited liability company is responsible, alone or in concert with others, for performing the management functions stated in Subsection 48-3a-407(3). See Utah Code 48-3a-102
Manager-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that qualifies under Subsection 48-3a-407(1). See Utah Code 48-3a-102
Member: means a person that:
(a)
has become a member of a limited liability company under Section 48-3a-401 or was a member in a company when the company became subject to this chapter under Section 48-3a-1405; and
Member-managed limited liability company: means a limited liability company that is not a manager-managed limited liability company. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
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, whether or not referred to as an operating agreement and whether oral, implied, in a record, or in any combination thereof, of all the members of a limited liability company, including a sole member, concerning the matters described in Subsection 48-3a-112(1). See Utah Code 48-3a-102
Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
(a)
expressly provides that:
(i)
the limited liability company is or will be “manager-managed”;
(ii)
the limited liability company is or will be “managed by managers”; or
(iii)
management of the limited liability company is or will be “vested in managers”; or
(b)
includes words of similar import.
(2)
In a member-managed limited liability company, the following rules apply:
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the management and conduct of the limited liability company are vested in the members.
(b)
Each member has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s activities and affairs.
(c)
A difference arising among members as to a matter in the ordinary course of the activities of the limited liability company shall be decided by a majority of the members.
(d)
An act outside the ordinary course of the activities and affairs of the limited liability company may be undertaken only with the affirmative vote or consent of all members.
(e)
The affirmative vote or consent of all members is required to approve a transaction under 10.
(f)
The operating agreement may be amended only with the affirmative vote or consent of all members.
(3)
In a manager-managed limited liability company, the following rules apply:
(a)
Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities and affairs of the limited liability company is decided exclusively by the manager, or, if there is more than one manager, by a majority of the managers.
(b)
Each manager has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s activities and affairs.
(c)
The affirmative vote or consent of all members is required to:
(i)
approve a transaction under 10;
(ii)
undertake any act outside the ordinary course of the limited liability company’s activities and affairs; or
(iii)
amend the operating agreement.
(d)
A manager may be chosen at any time by the consent of a majority of the members and remains a manager until a successor has been chosen, unless the manager at an earlier time resigns, is removed, or dies, or, in the case of a manager that is not an individual, terminates. A manager may be removed at any time by the consent of a majority of the members without notice or cause.
(e)
A person need not be a member to be a manager, but the dissociation of a member that is also a manager removes the person as a manager. If a person that is both a manager and a member ceases to be a manager, that cessation does not by itself dissociate the person as a member.
(f)
A person’s ceasing to be a manager does not discharge any debt, obligation, or other liability to the limited liability company or members which the person incurred while a manager.
(4)
An action requiring the vote or consent of members under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a member may appoint a proxy or other agent to vote, consent, or otherwise act for the member by signing an appointing record, personally or by the member’s agent.
(5)
The dissolution of a limited liability company does not affect the applicability of this section. However, a person that wrongfully causes dissolution of the limited liability company loses the right to participate in management as a member and a manager.
(6)
A limited liability company shall reimburse a member for an advance to the limited liability company beyond the amount of capital the member agreed to contribute.
(7)
A payment or advance made by a member which gives rise to an obligation of the limited liability company under Subsection (6) or Subsection 48-3a-408(1) constitutes a loan to the limited liability company which accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.
(8)
A member is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for a member-managed limited liability company, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the activities of the limited liability company.
