35-12-1515. Restrictions on approval of conversions and mergers and on relinquishing limited liability limited partnership status. (1) If a partner of a converting limited partnership or constituent limited partnership will have personal liability with respect to a converted organization or surviving organization, approval and amendment of a plan of conversion or merger are ineffective without the consent of the partner unless:
     (a) the limited partnership's partnership agreement provides for the approval of the conversion or merger with the consent of fewer than all the partners; and
     (b) the partner has consented to the provision of the partnership agreement.
     (2) An amendment to a certificate of limited partnership that deletes a statement that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership is ineffective without the consent of each general partner unless:
     (a) the limited partnership's partnership agreement provides for the amendment with the consent of less than all the general partners; and
     (b) each general partner that does not consent to the amendment has consented to the provision of the partnership agreement.
     (3) A partner does not give the consent required by subsection (1) or (2) merely by consenting to a provision of the partnership agreement that permits the partnership agreement to be amended with the consent of fewer than all the partners.

     History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 216, L. 2011.