15906.05. (a) Upon a person’s dissociation as a general partner all of the following apply:
(1) The person’s right to participate as a general partner in the management and conduct of the partnership’s activities terminates.
(2) The person’s duty of loyalty as a general partner under paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 15904.08 terminates.
(3) The person’s duty of loyalty as a general partner under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 15904.08 and duty of care under subdivision (c) of Section 15904.08 continue only with regard to matters arising and events occurring before the person’s dissociation as a general partner.
(4) The person may sign and deliver to the Secretary of State on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State for filing, containing the name of the limited partnership and the Secretary of State’s file number of the limited partnership, a certificate of dissociation pertaining to the person and, at the request of the limited partnership, shall sign an amendment to the certificate of limited partnership which states that the person has dissociated.
(5) Subject to Section 15907.04 and Article 11 (commencing with Section 15911.01), any transferable interest owned by the person immediately before dissociation in the person’s capacity as a general partner is owned by the person as a mere transferee.
(b) A person’s dissociation as a general partner does not of itself discharge the person from any obligation to the limited partnership or the other partners which the person incurred while a general partner.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 834, Sec. 27. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2015.)