§1016.__Access to Secretary of State's database

The Secretary of State may provide public access to the database of the Department of the Secretary of State through a dial-in modem, public terminals and electronic duplicates of the database. If access to the database is provided to the public, the Secretary of State may adopt rules to establish a fee schedule and governing procedures. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

§1017.__Publications

1.__Informational publications.__The Secretary of State may establish by rule a fee schedule to cover the cost of printing and distribution of publications and to set forth the procedures for the sale of these publications. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

2.__Funds; fees deposited.__All fees collected pursuant to this section must be deposited in a fund for use by the Secretary of State for the purpose of replacing and updating publications offered in accordance with this Title and for funding new publications.

SUBCHAPTER 2

NATURE OF PARTNERSHIP

§1021.__Partnership as entity

1.__Distinct from partners.__A partnership is an entity distinct from its partners.

2.__Limited liability partnership.__A limited liability partnership continues to be the same entity that existed before the filing of a statement of qualification under section 821.

Comment

(This is Section 201 of the Uniform Partnership Act (1997).)

RUPA embraces the entity theory of the partnership. In light of the UPA's ambivalence on the nature of partnerships, the explicit statement provided by subsection (a) is deemed