(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), relations among partners and between partners and a partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this act governs relations among partners and between partners and a partnership.
(2) The partnership agreement may not:
(a) Vary the rights and duties under s. 620.8105 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners;
(b) Vary the law applicable to a limited liability partnership under s. 620.8106(2);
(c) Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under s. 620.8403(2) or to information under s. 620.8403(3);
(d) Eliminate the duty of loyalty under s. 620.8404(2) or s. 620.8603(2)(c), but:
1. The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty, if not manifestly unreasonable; or
2. All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty;
(e) Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under s. 620.8404(3) or s. 620.8603(2)(c);
(f) Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under s. 620.8404(4), but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;
(g) Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under s. 620.8602(1), except to require the notice under s. 620.8601(1) to be in writing;
(h) Vary the right of a court to expel a partner under the events specified in s. 620.8601(5);
(i) Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in s. 620.8801(4), (5), or (6); or
(j) Restrict rights of third parties under this act.
History.—s. 13, ch. 95-242; s. 2, ch. 99-285; s. 18, ch. 2005-267.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXVI - Business Organizations
Chapter 620 - Partnership Laws
Part II - Revised Uniform Partnership Act (Ss. 620.81001-620.9902)
620.81001 - Uniformity of application and construction.
620.8102 - Knowledge and notice.
620.8103 - Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.
620.8104 - Supplemental principles of law.
620.8105 - Execution, filing, and recording of partnership registration and other statements.
620.81054 - Correcting a filed record.
620.81055 - Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates; powers of the Department of State.
620.8107 - Partnership subject to amendment or repeal of act.
620.8201 - Partnership as entity.
620.8202 - Formation of partnership.
620.8203 - Partnership property.
620.8204 - When property is partnership property.
620.8301 - Partner agent of partnership.
620.8302 - Transfer of partnership property.
620.8303 - Statement of partnership authority.
620.8304 - Statement of denial.
620.8305 - Partnership liable for partner’s actionable conduct.
620.8306 - Partner’s liability.
620.8307 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.
620.8308 - Liability of purported partner.
620.8401 - Partner’s rights and duties.
620.8402 - Distributions in kind.
620.8403 - Partner’s rights and duties with respect to information.
620.8404 - General standards of partner’s conduct.
620.8405 - Actions by partnership and partners.
620.8406 - Continuation of partnership beyond definite term or particular undertaking.
620.8501 - Partner not co-owner of partnership property.
620.8502 - Partner’s transferable interest in partnership.
620.8503 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.
620.8504 - Partner’s transferable interest subject to charging order.
620.8601 - Events causing partner’s dissociation.
620.8602 - Partner’s power to dissociate; wrongful dissociation.
620.8603 - Effect of partner’s dissociation.
620.8701 - Purchase of dissociated partner’s interest.
620.8702 - Dissociated partner’s power to bind and liability to partnership.
620.8703 - Dissociated partner’s liability to other persons.
620.8704 - Statement of dissociation.
620.8705 - Continued use of partnership name.
620.8801 - Events causing dissolution and winding up of partnership business.
620.8802 - Partnership continues after dissolution.
620.8803 - Right to wind up partnership business.
620.8804 - Partner’s power to bind partnership after dissolution.
620.8805 - Statement of dissolution.
620.8806 - Partner’s liability to other partners after dissolution.
620.8807 - Settlement of accounts and contributions among partners.
620.8913 - Action on plan of conversion by converting partnership.
620.8914 - Filings required for conversion; effective date.
620.8915 - Effect of conversion.
620.8917 - Action on plan of merger by constituent partnership.
620.8918 - Filings required for merger; effective date.
620.8921 - Liability of a partner after conversion or merger.
620.8923 - Application of other laws to provisions governing conversions and mergers.
620.9001 - Statement of qualification.
620.9101 - Law governing foreign limited liability partnership.
620.9102 - Statement of foreign qualification.
620.9103 - Effect of failure to qualify.
620.9104 - Activities not constituting transacting business.