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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-2e-802

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by Section 48-2e-201. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • General partner: means a person that:
         (8)(a) has become a general partner under Section 48-2e-401 or was a general partner in a limited partnership when the limited partnership became subject to this chapter under Section 48-2e-1205; and
         (8)(b) has not dissociated as a general partner under Section 48-2e-603. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Limited partnership: means an entity formed under this chapter or which becomes subject to this chapter under Part 11, Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication, or Section 48-2e-1205. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • 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.
  • 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 48-2e-102
  • Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
  • Transfer: includes :
         (25)(a) an assignment;
         (25)(b) a conveyance;
         (25)(c) a sale;
         (25)(d) a lease;
         (25)(e) an encumbrance, including a mortgage or security interest;
         (25)(f) a gift; and
         (25)(g) a transfer by operation of law. See Utah Code 48-2e-102
     (1)(a) A dissolved limited partnership shall wind up the limited partnership‘s activities and affairs.
     (1)(b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 48-2e-803, the limited partnership only continues after dissolution for the purpose of winding up.
(2) In winding up the limited partnership’s activities and affairs, the limited partnership:

     (2)(a) shall discharge the limited partnership’s debts, obligations, and other liabilities, settle and close the limited partnership’s activities and affairs, and marshal and distribute the assets of the limited partnership; and
     (2)(b) may:

          (2)(b)(i) amend its certificate of limited partnership to state that the limited partnership is dissolved;
          (2)(b)(ii) preserve the limited partnership activities, affairs, and property as a going concern for a reasonable time;
          (2)(b)(iii) prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative;
          (2)(b)(iv) transfer the limited partnership’s property;
          (2)(b)(v) settle disputes by mediation or arbitration;
          (2)(b)(vi) deliver to the division for filing a statement of termination stating the name of the limited partnership and that the limited partnership is terminated; and
          (2)(b)(vii) perform other acts necessary or appropriate to the winding up.
(3)

     (3)(a) If a dissolved limited partnership does not have a general partner, a person to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s activities and affairs may be appointed by the affirmative vote or consent 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.
     (3)(b) A person appointed under this Subsection (3):

          (3)(b)(i) has the powers of a general partner under Section 48-2e-804 but is not liable for the debts, obligations, and other liabilities of the limited partnership solely by reason of having or exercising those powers or otherwise acting to wind up the dissolved limited partnership’s activities and affairs; and
          (3)(b)(ii) shall deliver promptly to the division for filing an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership stating:

               (3)(b)(ii)(A) that the limited partnership does not have a general partner;
               (3)(b)(ii)(B) the name and street and mailing addresses of the person; and
               (3)(b)(ii)(C) that the person has been appointed pursuant to this subsection to wind up the limited partnership.
(4) Upon a petition brought by a partner, a court may order judicial supervision of the winding up of a dissolved limited partnership, including the appointment of a person to wind up the limited partnership’s activities and affairs, if:

     (4)(a) the limited partnership does not have a general partner and within a reasonable time following the dissolution no person has been appointed pursuant to Subsection (3); or
     (4)(b) the applicant establishes other good cause.