00 HOUSE BILL NO. 112 01 "An Act relating to limited partnerships; and providing for an effective date." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 32.11.010(a), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is repealed and 04 reenacted to read: 05  (a) In order to form a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership 06 shall be executed and filed with the Department of Commerce and Economic 07 Development. The certificate must set out 08  (1) the name of the limited partnership; 09  (2) the address of the office and the name and address of the agent for 10 service of process required to be maintained by AS 32.11.830; 11  (3) the name and business address of each general partner; 12  (4) the latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve; and 13  (5) other matters the general partners determine to include. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 32.11.020(b), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 01  (b) Within 30 days after the following events, an amendment to a certificate 02 of limited partnership reflecting the occurrence of the event or events shall be filed: 03  (1) [A CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OR CHARACTER OF THE 04 CONTRIBUTION OF A PARTNER, OR IN A PARTNER'S OBLIGATION TO 05 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION; 06  (2)] the admission of a new general partner; 07  (2) [(3)] the withdrawal of a general partner; or 08  (3) [(4)] the continuation of the business under AS 32.11.370 after an 09 event of withdrawal of a general partner. 10 * Sec. 3. AS 32.11.040(a), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 11  (a) Each certificate required by AS 32.11.010 - 32.11.090 to be filed with the 12 department shall be executed in the following manner: 13  (1) an original certificate of limited partnership shall be signed by all 14 general partners [NAMED IN THE CERTIFICATE]; 15  (2) a certificate of amendment shall be signed by at least one general 16 partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate as a new 17 general partner [OR WHOSE CONTRIBUTION IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING BEEN 18 INCREASED]; and 19  (3) a certificate of cancellation shall be signed by all general partners. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 32.11.040(b), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 21  (b) A person may sign a certificate by an attorney-in-fact, but a power of 22 attorney to sign a certificate relating to the admission [, OR INCREASED 23 CONTRIBUTION,] of a general partner must specifically describe the admission [OR 24 INCREASE]. 25 * Sec. 5. AS 32.11.080, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 26  Sec. 32.11.080. SCOPE OF NOTICE. The fact that a certificate of limited 27 partnership is on file with the department is notice that the partnership is a limited 28 partnership and the persons designated in the certificate as general [LIMITED] 29 partners are general [LIMITED] partners, but it is not notice of any other fact. 30 * Sec. 6. AS 32.11.100, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is repealed and reenacted 31 to read: 01  Sec. 32.11.100. ADMISSION OF LIMITED PARTNERS. (a) A person 02 becomes a limited partner 03  (1) at the time the limited partnership is formed; or 04  (2) at a later time specified in the records of the limited partnership for 05 becoming a limited partner. 06  (b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited 07 partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner 08  (1) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from 09 the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the 10 partnership agreement does not provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and 11  (2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who 12 has the power under AS 32.11.350 to grant the assignee the right to become a limited 13 partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with conditions limiting the 14 grant or exercise of the power. 15 * Sec. 7. AS 32.11.130(b), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 16  (b) A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in (a) of this 17 section is liable as a general partner to a third party who transacts business with the 18 enterprise before (1) the person withdraws and an appropriate certificate is filed to 19 show withdrawal, or (2) an appropriate certificate is filed to show that the person is 20 not a general partner [THE PERSON'S STATUS AS A LIMITED PARTNER AND, 21 IN THE CASE OF AN AMENDMENT, AFTER EXPIRATION OF THE 30-DAY 22 PERIOD FOR FILING AN AMENDMENT RELATING TO THE PERSON AS A 23 LIMITED PARTNER UNDER AS 32.11.020], but in either case under (1) or (2) only 24 if the third party actually believed in good faith that the person was a general partner 25 at the time of the transaction. 26 * Sec. 8. AS 32.11.210, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is repealed and reenacted 27 to read 28  Sec. 32.11.210. LIABILITY FOR CONTRIBUTION. (a) A promise by a 29 limited partner to contribute to the limited partnership is not enforceable unless set out 30 in a writing signed by the limited partner. 31  (b) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner is obligated to 01 the limited partnership to perform an enforceable promise to contribute cash or 02 property or to perform services even if the partner is unable to perform because of 03 death, disability, or other reason. If a partner does not make the required contribution 04 of property or services, the partner is obligated at the option of the limited partnership 05 to contribute cash equal to that portion of the value, as stated in the partnership records 06 required to be kept under AS 32.11.840, of the stated contribution that has not been 07 made. 08  (c) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the obligation of 09 a partner to make a contribution or return money or other property paid or distributed 10 in violation of this chapter may be compromised only by consent of all partners. 11 Notwithstanding the compromise, a creditor of a limited partnership who extends credit 12 or otherwise acts in reliance on that obligation after the partner signs a writing that 13 reflects the obligation, and before the amendment or cancellation to reflect the 14 compromise, may enforce the original obligation. 15 * Sec. 9. AS 32.11.220, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 16  Sec. 32.11.220. SHARING OF PROFITS AND LOSSES. The profits and 17 losses of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners, and among 18 classes of partners, in the manner provided in writing in the partnership agreement. If 19 the partnership agreement does not specify in writing, profits and losses shall be 20 allocated on the basis of the value, as stated in the [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED] 21 partnership records required to be kept under AS 32.11.840, of the contributions 22 made by each partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and 23 have not been returned. 24 * Sec. 10. AS 32.11.230, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 25  Sec. 32.11.230. SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributions of cash or 26 other assets of a limited partnership shall be allocated among the partners and among 27 classes of partners in the manner provided in writing in the partnership agreement. If 28 the partnership agreement does not specify in writing, distributions shall be made on 29 the basis of the value, as stated in the [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED] partnership 30 records required to be kept under AS 32.11.840, of the contributions made by each 31 partner to the extent they have been received by the partnership and have not been 01 returned. 02 * Sec. 11. AS 32.11.240, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 03  Sec. 32.11.240. INTERIM DISTRIBUTIONS. Except as provided in 04 AS 32.11.240 - 32.11.310, a partner is entitled to receive distributions from a limited 05 partnership before the partner's withdrawal from the limited partnership and before the 06 dissolution and winding up of the partnership 07  [(1)] to the extent and at the times or upon the happening of the events 08 specified in the partnership agreement [; AND 09  (2) IF A DISTRIBUTION CONSTITUTES A RETURN OF A PART 10 OF THE PARTNER'S CONTRIBUTION UNDER AS 32.11.310(c), TO THE 11 EXTENT AND AT THE TIMES OR UPON THE HAPPENING OF THE EVENTS 12 SPECIFIED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP]. 13 * Sec. 12. AS 32.11.260, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 14  Sec. 32.11.260. WITHDRAWAL OF LIMITED PARTNER. A limited partner 15 may withdraw from a limited partnership at the time or upon the happening of events 16 specified in writing in the [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND IN 17 ACCORDANCE WITH THE] partnership agreement. If the agreement 18 [CERTIFICATE] does not specify in writing the time or the events upon the 19 happening of which a limited partner may withdraw or a definite time for the 20 dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership, a limited partner may withdraw 21 upon not less than six months' prior written notice to each general partner at the 22 general partner's address on the books of the limited partnership at its office in this 23 state. 24 * Sec. 13. AS 32.11.280, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 25  Sec. 32.11.280. DISTRIBUTION IN KIND. Except as provided in writing 26 in the [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED] partnership agreement, a partner, regardless of 27 the nature of the partner's contribution, does not have the right to demand and receive 28 a distribution from a limited partnership in a form other than cash. Except as provided 29 in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner may not be compelled to accept a 30 distribution of an asset in kind from a limited partnership to the extent that the 31 percentage of the asset distributed to the partner exceeds a percentage of that asset that 01 is equal to the percentage in which the partner shares in distributions from the limited 02 partnership. 03 * Sec. 14. AS 32.11.310(c), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 04  (c) A partner receives a return of the partner's contribution to the extent that 05 a distribution to the partner reduces the partner's share of the fair value of the net 06 assets of the limited partnership below the value, as set out in the [CERTIFICATE OF 07 LIMITED] partnership records required to be kept under AS 32.11.840, of the 08 partner's contribution that has not been distributed to the partner. 09 * Sec. 15. AS 32.11.350(a), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 10  (a) An assignee of a partnership interest, including an assignee of a general 11 partner, may become a limited partner if and to the extent that 12  (1) the assignor gives the assignee that right in accordance with 13 authority described in the [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED] partnership agreement; or 14  (2) all other partners consent. 15 * Sec. 16. AS 32.11.350(b), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 16  (b) An assignee who has become a limited partner has, to the extent assigned, 17 the rights and powers, and is subject to the restrictions and liabilities, of a limited 18 partner under the partnership agreement and this chapter. An assignee who becomes 19 a limited partner also is liable for the obligations of the assignee's assignor to make 20 and return contributions as provided in AS 32.11.200 - 32.11.310. However, the 21 assignee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to the assignee at the time the assignee 22 became a limited partner [AND THAT COULD NOT BE ASCERTAINED FROM 23 THE CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP]. 24 * Sec. 17. AS 32.11.370, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 25  Sec. 32.11.370. DISSOLUTION. A limited partnership is dissolved and its 26 affairs shall be wound up upon the happening of the first to occur of the following: 27  (1) at the time specified in the certificate of limited partnership; 28  (2) upon the happening of events specified in writing in the 29 [CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED] partnership agreement; 30  (3) written consent of all partners; 31  (4) an event of withdrawal of a general partner unless at the time there 01 is at least one other general partner and the written provisions of the [CERTIFICATE 02 OF LIMITED] partnership agreement permit [PERMITS] the business of the limited 03 partnership to be carried on by the remaining general partner and that partner does so, 04 but the limited partnership is not dissolved and is not required to be wound up by 05 reason of an event of withdrawal if, within 90 days after the withdrawal, all partners 06 agree in writing to continue the business of the limited partnership and to the 07 appointment of one or more additional general partners if necessary or desired; or 08  (5) entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under AS 32.11.380. 09 * Sec. 18. AS 32.11.420, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 10  Sec. 32.11.420. REGISTRATION. Before transacting business in this state, 11 a foreign limited partnership shall register with the department. In order to register, a 12 foreign limited partnership shall submit to the department an original and an exact 13 copy of an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed and 14 sworn to by a general partner and setting out 15  (1) the name of the foreign limited partnership and, if different, the 16 name under which it proposes to register and transact business in this state; 17  (2) the state and date of its formation; 18  (3) [THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE BUSINESS IT 19 PROPOSES TO TRANSACT IN THIS STATE; 20  (4)] the name and address of an agent for service of process on the 21 foreign limited partnership whom the foreign limited partnership elects to appoint; the 22 agent must be an individual resident of this state, a domestic corporation, or a foreign 23 corporation having a place of business in, and authorized to do business in, this state; 24  (4) [(5)] a statement that the commissioner is appointed the agent of 25 the foreign limited partnership for service of process if an agent has not been 26 appointed under (3) [(4)] of this section or, if appointed, the agent's authority has been 27 revoked or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable 28 diligence; 29  (5) [(6)] the address of the office required to be maintained in the state 30 of its organization by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office 31 of the foreign limited partnership; [AND] 01  (6) [(7) IF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FILED 02 IN THE FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP'S STATE OF ORGANIZATION IS 03 NOT REQUIRED TO INCLUDE IT, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 04  (A)] the name [NAMES] and business address [ADDRESSES] 05 of each general partner; and 06  (7) the address of the office at which is kept a list of the names and 07 addresses of the limited partners and their capital contributions, together with an 08 undertaking by the foreign limited partnership to keep those records until the 09 foreign limited partnership's registration in this state is cancelled or withdrawn 10  [(B) THE CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION OF EACH LIMITED 11 PARTNER]. 12 * Sec. 19. AS 32.11.810, as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 13  Sec. 32.11.810. NAME. The name of a limited partnership as set out in its 14 certificate of limited partnership 15  (1) must contain without abbreviation the words "limited 16 partnership"; 17  (2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless 18  (A) it is also the name of a general partner or the corporate 19 name of a corporate general partner; or 20  (B) the business of the limited partnership had been carried on 21 under that name before the admission of that limited partner; and 22  (3) [MAY NOT CONTAIN A WORD OR PHRASE INDICATING OR 23 IMPLYING THAT IT IS ORGANIZED OTHER THAN FOR A PURPOSE STATED 24 IN ITS CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; AND 25  (4)] may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of a 26 corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of this state or licensed or 27 registered as a foreign corporation or limited partnership in this state. 28 * Sec. 20. AS 32.11.840(a), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 29  (a) A limited partnership shall keep at the office referred to in 30 AS 32.11.830(a)(1) the following: 31  (1) a current list of the full name and last known business address of 01 each partner, separately identifying the general partners in alphabetical order and 02 the limited partners in alphabetical order; 03  (2) a copy of the certificate of limited partnership and all certificates 04 of amendment to it, together with executed copies of a power of attorney under which 05 a certificate has been executed; 06  (3) copies of the limited partnership's federal, state, and local income 07 tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; [AND] 08  (4) copies of a then effective written partnership agreement and of a 09 financial statement of the limited partnership for the three most recent years; and 10  (5) unless contained in a written partnership agreement, a writing 11 setting out 12  (A) the amount of cash and a description and statement of 13 the agreed value of the other property or services contributed by each 14 partner and that each partner has agreed to contribute; 15  (B) the times at which or events on the happening of which 16 additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be 17 made; 18  (C) the right of a partner to receive, or of a general partner 19 to make, distributions to a partner that include a return of all or a part 20 of the partner's contribution; and 21  (D) events upon the happening of which the limited 22 partnership is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up. 23 * Sec. 21. AS 32.11.900(8), as enacted by sec. 1, ch. 128, SLA 1992, is amended to read: 24  (8) "limited partner" means a person who has been admitted to a 25 limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement 26 [AND NAMED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AS A 27 LIMITED PARTNER]; 28 * Sec. 22. APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. (a) AS 32.11.210 and 32.11.310, as amended 29 by secs. 8 and 14 of this Act, do not apply to a limited partnership contribution or distribution, 30 unless the contribution or distribution is made after the effective date of this Act. 31 (b) AS 32.11.350, as amended by secs. 15 and 16 of this Act, does not apply to a 01 limited partnership assignment unless the assignment is made after the effective date of this 02 Act. 03 (c) Unless otherwise agreed by the partners, the applicable provisions of former 04 AS 32.10, repealed by sec. 2, ch. 128, SLA 1992, governing the allocation of profits and 05 losses, distributions to a withdrawing partner, and distributions of assets upon the winding up 06 of a limited partnership apply to limited partnerships formed before the effective date of this 07 Act instead of AS 32.11.220, as amended by sec. 9 of this Act. 08 * Sec. 23. If this Act takes effect after July 1, 1993, this Act is retroactive to July 1, 1993, 09 to the extent constitutionally permissible. 10 * Sec. 24. This Act takes effect July 1, 1993.