Utah Code 48-3a-1205. Management of a series
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(1) A series is member-managed unless the operating agreement:
Terms Used In Utah Code 48-3a-1205
- Equal: means , with respect to biological sex, of the same value. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- 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
- 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
- Member: means a person that:(14)(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(14)(b) has not dissociated under Section 48-3a-602. 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
- Property: means all property, whether real, personal, or mixed or tangible or intangible, or any right or interest therein. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
- Series: means a series created in accordance with Part 12, Series Limited Liability Companies. See Utah Code 48-3a-102
(1)(a) expressly provides that:(1)(a)(i) the series is or will be “manager-managed”;(1)(a)(ii) the series is or will be “managed by managers”; or(1)(a)(iii) management of the series is or will be “vested in managers”; or(1)(b) includes words of similar import.
(2) In a member-managed series, unless modified pursuant to Section 48-3a-1204, the following rules apply:
(2)(a) The management and conduct of the series are vested in the members of the series.
(2)(b) Each series member has equal rights in the management and conduct of the series’ activities.
(2)(c) A difference arising among series members as to a matter in the ordinary course of the activities of the series shall be decided by a majority of the series members.
(2)(d) An act outside the ordinary course of the activities of the series may be undertaken only with the consent of all members of the series.
(2)(e) The operating agreement may be amended only with the consent of all members of the series.
(3) In a manager-managed series, the following rules apply:
(3)(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, any matter relating to the activities of the series is decided exclusively by the managers of the series.
(3)(b) Each series manager has equal rights in the management and conduct of the activities of the series.
(3)(c) A difference arising among managers of a series as to a matter in the ordinary course of the activities of the series shall be decided by a majority of the managers of the series.
(3)(d) Unless modified pursuant to Section 48-3a-1204, the consent of all members of the series is required to:
(3)(d)(i) sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise dispose of all, or substantially all, of the series’ property, with or without the goodwill, outside the ordinary course of the series’ activities;
(3)(d)(ii) approve a transaction under Part 10, Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication;
(3)(d)(iii) undertake any other act outside the ordinary course of the series’ activities; and
(3)(d)(iv) amend the operating agreement as it pertains to the series.
(3)(e) A manager of the series may be chosen at any time by the consent of a majority of the members of the series and remains a manager of the series until a successor has been chosen, unless the series manager at an earlier time resigns, is removed, or dies, or, in the case of a series manager that is not an individual, terminates. A series manager may be removed at any time by the consent of a majority of the members without notice or cause.
(3)(f) A person need not be a series member to be a manager of a series, but the dissociation of a series member that is also a series manager removes the person as a manager of the series. If a person that is both a series manager and a series member ceases to be a manager of the series, that cessation does not by itself dissociate the person as a member of the series.
(3)(g) A person’s ceasing to be a series manager does not discharge any debt, obligation, or other liability to the series or members of the series which the person incurred while a manager of the series.
(4) An action requiring the consent of members of a series under this chapter may be taken without a meeting, and a member of a series may appoint a proxy or other agent to consent or otherwise act for the series member by signing an appointing record, personally or by the series member’s agent.
(5) The dissolution of a series does not affect the applicability of this section. However, a person that wrongfully causes dissolution of the series loses the right to participate in management as a series member and a series manager.
(6) This chapter does not entitle a member of a series to remuneration for services performed for a member-managed series, except for reasonable compensation for services rendered in winding up the activities of the series.