1. General partner or partners. Each general partner has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited partnership‘s activities. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities of the limited partnership may be exclusively decided by the general partner or, if there is more than one general partner, by a majority of the general partners.

[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1356

A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Majority: when used in reference to age shall mean the age of 18 and over. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • 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.
  • Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • 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 partners' agreement, whether oral, implied, in a record or in any combination, concerning the limited partnership. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • 2. Consent required. The consent of each partner is necessary to:
    A. Amend the partnership agreement; [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
    B. Amend the certificate of limited partnership to add or, subject to section 1440, delete a statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership; and [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
    C. Sell, lease, exchange or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the limited partnership’s property, with or without the good will, other than in the usual and regular course of the limited partnership’s activities. [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    3. Payments by and liabilities of general partner. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for payments made and indemnify a general partner for liabilities incurred by the general partner in the ordinary course of the activities of the partnership or for the preservation of its activities or property.

    [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    4. Advances by general partner. A limited partnership shall reimburse a general partner for an advance to the limited partnership beyond the amount of capital the general partner agreed to contribute.

    [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    5. Payment or advance constitutes loan. A payment or advance made by a general partner that gives rise to an obligation of the limited partnership under subsection 3 or 4 constitutes a loan to the limited partnership that accrues interest from the date of the payment or advance.

    [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    6. No remuneration. A general partner is not entitled to remuneration for services performed for the partnership.

    [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 2005, c. 543, §C2 (NEW).