| | 1.__Conversion.__A partnership or a limited liability | partnership may be converted to a limited partnership, limited | liability limited partnership, corporation or limited liability | company pursuant to this section. |
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| | 2.__Terms and conditions.__The terms and conditions of a | conversion of a partnership to a limited partnership, limited | liability limited partnership, corporation or limited liability | company must be approved by all of the partners or as otherwise | provided in the partnership agreement. |
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| | 3.__Organizational documents filed.__After the conversion is | approved by the partners, articles of conversion must be executed | on behalf of the converting entity by a partner or other duly | authorized representative. The articles must: |
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| A.__Set forth the name of the entity immediately before the | filing of the articles of conversion and the name to which | the name of the entity is to be changed, which must be a | name that satisfies the organic law of the surviving entity; |
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| B.__State the type of entity that the surviving entity will | be; |
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| C.__Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion | was duly approved by the partners in the manner required by | this Act and the partnership agreement; and |
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| D.__If the surviving entity is a filing entity, either | contain all the provisions required to be set forth in its | public organic document with any other desired provisions |
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| that are permitted or have attached a public organic | document. |
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| | 4.__Effective date of conversion.__The conversion takes effect | when the articles of conversion are filed or at any later date | specified in the articles of conversion or as provided by the | organic laws of the surviving entity. |
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| | 5.__Liability.__A general partner who becomes a limited | partner, general partner in a limited liability limited | partnership, shareholder or member as a result of the conversion | remains liable as a general partner of a partnership for an | obligation incurred by the partnership before the conversion | takes effect. If the other party to a transaction with a limited | partnership, limited liability limited partnership, corporation | or limited liability company reasonably believes when entering | the transaction that the limited partner, general partner, | shareholder or member is a general partner in a partnership or a | general partner in a limited partnership, the limited partner, |
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