Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 3312
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 3312
- Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See
- 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: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under section 3212 of this title, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction and includes for all purposes of the laws of this State a limited liability partnership. See
- Partnership agreement: means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement. See
§ 3312. Applicability
(a) Before January 1, 1999, this chapter governs only a partnership formed:
(1) after the effective date of this chapter, except a partnership that is continuing the business of a dissolved partnership under section 1333 of this title; and
(2) before the effective date of this chapter, that elects, as provided by subsection (c) of this section, to be governed by this chapter.
(b) On and after January 1, 1999, this chapter governs all partnerships.
(c) Before January 1, 1999, a partnership voluntarily may elect, in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be governed by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter relating to the liability of the partnership’s partners to third parties apply to limit those partners’ liability to a third party who had done business with the partnership within one year before the partnership’s election to be governed by this chapter, only if the third party knows or has received a notification of the partnership’s election to be governed by this chapter. (Added 1997, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)