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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) A plan of conversion is not effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic converting limited partnership, the affirmative vote or consent of all general partners and of limited partners owning a majority of the rights to receive distributions as limited partners at the time the vote or consent is to be effective; and
(2) In a record, by each partner of a domestic converting limited partnership that will have interest holder liability for debts, obligations, and other liabilities that are incurred after the conversion becomes effective, unless:
(A) The partnership agreement of the partnership provides in a record for the approval of a conversion or a merger in which some or all of its partners become subject to interest holder liability by the affirmative vote or consent of fewer than all of the partners; and
(B) The partner voted for or consented in a record to that provision of the partnership agreement or became a partner after the adoption of that provision.
(b) A conversion involving a domestic converting entity that is not a limited partnership is not effective unless it is approved by the domestic converting entity in accordance with its organic law.
(c) A conversion of a foreign converting entity is not effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of formation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 61. Partnerships § 61-3-1112 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-61-partnerships/tn-code-sect-61-3-1112/
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