Sec. A-3. Effective date. That section of this Part that repeals the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 31, chapter 9 takes effect July 1, 2007.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 31 MRSA §811, first ¶, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. C, §5 and affected by §7, is amended to read:

A limited liability partnership may be registered under this Act for any lawful purpose. A professional limited liability partnership, as defined in Title 13, section 282 723, subsection 5-A 6, is subject to the Maine Professional Service Corporation Act except as follows.

Sec. B-2. 31 MRSA §821, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§821.__Registration

1.__Filing of certificate.__A partnership formed under the Uniform Partnership Act may be registered as a registered limited liability partnership by signing and filing a certificate of limited liability partnership with the Secretary of State.

2.__Terms and conditions.__The terms and conditions on which a partnership becomes a limited liability partnership must be approved by the vote necessary to amend the partnership agreement or, in the case of a partnership agreement that expressly considers obligations to contribute to the partnership, by the vote necessary to amend those provisions.

Sec. B-3. 31 MRSA §822, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1, is amended to read:

C. The name and the business, residence or mailing address of the contact partner; and

Sec. B-4. 31 MRSA §822, sub-§1, ¶C-1 is enacted to read:

C-1.__The street address of the partnership's chief executive office and, if different, the street address of an office in the State, if any; and