2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 063 - Limited Liability Companies
Section 63.130 - Rights of members and managers; matters requiring consent of all or majority of members.


(a) Each member has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s business; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, any matter relating to the business of the limited liability company may be decided by a majority of the members.
(2) In a manager-managed limited liability company, unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement:
(a) Each manager has equal rights in the management and conduct of the limited liability company’s business;
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, any matter relating to the business of the limited liability company may be exclusively decided by the manager or, if there is more than one manager, by a majority of the managers; and
(c) A manager:
(A) Must be designated, appointed, elected, removed or replaced by a vote, approval or consent of a majority of the members; and
(B) Holds office until a successor has been elected and qualified, unless the manager sooner resigns or is removed.
(3) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement, the following matters of a member-managed or a manager-managed limited liability company require the consent of all of the members:
(a) The amendment of the operating agreement or the articles of organization under ORS 63.444;
(b) The compromise, as among the members, of an obligation to make a contribution under ORS 63.180 (4) or to return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of any provision of this chapter; and
(c) The consent to dissolve the limited liability company under ORS 63.621 (3).
(4) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement, the following matters of a member-managed or a manager-managed limited liability company require the consent of a majority of the members:
(a) The making of interim distributions under ORS 63.200, including the redemption of an interest;
(b) The admission of a new member;
(c) The use of the limited liability company’s property to redeem an interest subject to a charging order;
(d) The sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge or other transfer or disposition of all, or substantially all, of the limited liability company’s property, with or without goodwill;
(e) The merger of the limited liability company with any other entity;
(f) The conversion of the limited liability company into any other type of entity;
(g) The incurring of indebtedness by the limited liability company other than in the ordinary course of the business of the limited liability company;
(h) A transaction involving an actual or a potential conflict of interest between a member or a manager and the limited liability company;
(i) A change in the nature of the limited liability company’s business; and
(j) Any other matter specified in the articles of organization or any operating agreement as requiring member approval if no number or percentage of members is otherwise stated.
(5) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement, action requiring the consent of members or managers under this chapter may be taken without a meeting.
(6) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or any operating agreement, a member or manager may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for the member or manager by signing an appointment instrument, either personally or by the member’s or manager’s attorney-in-fact.
(7) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, references in this chapter to managers apply both to managers of a manager-managed limited liability company and to members of a member-managed limited liability company. [1993 c.173 §28; 1999 c.86 §4]

Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

2021 Oregon Revised Statutes

Volume : 02 - Business Organizations, Commercial Code

Chapter 063 - Limited Liability Companies

Section 63.001 - Definitions.

Section 63.002 - Inclusion of limited liability companies and managers and members of limited liability companies in definitions.

Section 63.004 - Filing requirements.

Section 63.011 - Effective time and date of document.

Section 63.014 - Correcting filed document.

Section 63.017 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.

Section 63.024 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

Section 63.027 - Certificate of existence or authorization.

Section 63.032 - Investigations of violations of chapter; confidentiality; penalties; administrative dissolution; rules.

Section 63.034 - Knowledge and notice.

Section 63.047 - Articles of organization.

Section 63.051 - Organization.

Section 63.074 - Purposes; prohibition on illegal purposes.

Section 63.077 - General powers.

Section 63.094 - Limited liability company name.

Section 63.097 - Reserved name.

Section 63.101 - Registered name.

Section 63.111 - Registered office and registered agent.

Section 63.114 - Change of registered office or registered agent.

Section 63.117 - Resignation of registered agent.

Section 63.121 - Service on limited liability company.

Section 63.130 - Rights of members and managers; matters requiring consent of all or majority of members.

Section 63.140 - Agency power of managers and members; interest in real property.

Section 63.155 - Duties and standard of conduct.

Section 63.160 - Limitation of liability and indemnification.

Section 63.165 - Liability of members and managers.

Section 63.180 - Liability for contributions.

Section 63.185 - Allocation of profits and losses.

Section 63.205 - Voluntary withdrawal of member.

Section 63.209 - Expulsion of member.

Section 63.219 - Distribution in kind.

Section 63.229 - Limitations on distribution.

Section 63.235 - Liability for wrongful distribution.

Section 63.245 - Admission of members.

Section 63.249 - Assignment of membership interest; effect of assignment.

Section 63.255 - Rights of assignee who becomes member.

Section 63.265 - Cessation of membership.

Section 63.431 - Operating agreement.

Section 63.434 - Amendment to articles of organization.

Section 63.437 - Restated articles of organization.

Section 63.441 - Amendment by managers.

Section 63.467 - Definitions for ORS 63.467 to 63.497.

Section 63.470 - Conversion.

Section 63.473 - Action on plan of conversion.

Section 63.476 - Articles and plan of conversion.

Section 63.479 - Effect of conversion; entity existence continues; assumed business name.

Section 63.481 - Merger.

Section 63.487 - Action on plan of merger.

Section 63.494 - Articles and plan of merger.

Section 63.497 - Effect of merger.

Section 63.621 - Dissolution.

Section 63.625 - Distribution of assets upon dissolution.

Section 63.629 - Agency power of members and managers after dissolution.

Section 63.631 - Articles of dissolution.

Section 63.637 - Effect of dissolution; winding up.

Section 63.641 - Known claims against dissolved limited liability company.

Section 63.644 - Unknown claims against dissolved limited liability company; use of insurance assets of dissolved company.

Section 63.645 - Enforcement of claims against dissolved limited liability company.

Section 63.647 - Grounds for administrative dissolution.

Section 63.651 - Procedure; effect of administrative dissolution.

Section 63.654 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

Section 63.657 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

Section 63.661 - Grounds for judicial dissolution; finding that limited liability company is shell entity; prima facie showing by Attorney General; effects; affirmative defenses.

Section 63.664 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

Section 63.671 - Judgment of dissolution.

Section 63.701 - Authority to transact business required.

Section 63.704 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.

Section 63.707 - Application for authority to transact business.

Section 63.711 - Amendment to application for authority.

Section 63.714 - Effect of authority.

Section 63.717 - Name of foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.721 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.724 - Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.727 - Resignation of registered agent of a foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.731 - Service on a foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.734 - Withdrawal of foreign limited liability company.

Section 63.737 - Grounds for revocation.

Section 63.741 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.

Section 63.747 - Reinstatement of authority.

Section 63.771 - Limited liability company records.

Section 63.777 - Scope of inspection right.

Section 63.781 - Court-ordered inspection.

Section 63.787 - Annual report; updates; rules.

Section 63.801 - Derivative proceedings.

Section 63.965 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal; effect of amendment or repeal.

Section 63.990 - Penalty for signing false document.

Section 63.992 - Liability for certain actions in connection with operation of shell entity; actions as false claim; enforcement by civil action.