Rhode Island General Laws
Part 4 - Conversion [Effective January 1, 2023.]
Section 7-12.1-1143. - Approval of conversion. [Effective January 1, 2023.]

§ 7-12.1-1143. Approval of conversion. [Effective January 1, 2023.]
(a) A plan of conversion is not effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic converting partnership, by all the partners of the partnership entitled to vote on or consent to any matter; and
(2) In a record, by each partner of a domestic converting partnership which will have interest holder liability for debts, obligations, and other liabilities that are incurred after the conversion becomes effective, unless:
(i) The partnership agreement of the partnership provides in a record for the approval of a conversion or a merger in which some or all of its partners become subject to interest holder liability by the affirmative vote or consent of fewer than all the partners; and
(ii) The partner voted for or consented in a record to that provision of the partnership agreement or became a partner after the adoption of that provision.
(b) A conversion involving a domestic converting entity that is not a partnership is not effective unless it is approved by the domestic converting entity in accordance with its organic law.
(c) A conversion of a foreign converting entity is not effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.
History of Section.P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.

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