Sec. 101.602. ENFORCEABILITY OF OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENSES OF PROTECTED SERIES OR REGISTERED SERIES AGAINST ASSETS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, but subject to Subsection (b) and any other provision of this subchapter:
(1) the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a particular protected series or registered series shall be enforceable against the assets of that series only, and shall not be enforceable against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series; and
(2) none of the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to the limited liability company generally or any other series shall be enforceable against the assets of a particular protected series or registered series.
(b) Subsection (a) applies only:
(1) to the extent the records maintained for that particular protected series or registered series account for the assets associated with that series separately from the other assets of the company or any other series;
(2) if the company agreement contains a statement to the effect of the limitations provided in Subsection (a), subject to any exceptions permitted under Subsection (d); and
(3) if the company's certificate of formation contains a notice of the limitations provided in Subsection (a), subject to any exceptions permitted under Subsection (d).
(c) A certificate of registered series must be filed with the secretary of state to form a registered series.
(d) Subsection (a) or any provision contained in a company agreement, certificate of formation, or certificate of registered series pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) does not restrict:
(1) a particular protected series or registered series or a limited liability company on behalf of a particular protected series or registered series from expressly agreeing in the company agreement, the certificate of formation, any certificate of registered series, or in another written agreement that does not violate that agreement or those certificates that any of the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to the company generally or any other series of the company shall be enforceable against the assets of that particular protected series or registered series if there are one or more liabilities that are recourse to the company generally or any other series and that cannot be enforced against those assets pursuant to the company agreement, the certificate of formation, any certificate of registered series, or in another written agreement that does not violate that agreement or those certificates; or
(2) a limited liability company from expressly agreeing in the company agreement or other written agreement that any or all of the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a particular protected series or registered series shall be enforceable against the assets of the company generally.
(e) A company agreement does not need to use the term "protected" or "registered" or refer to this section when referencing a series. A series established by a company agreement without designating whether the series is a protected series or registered series and without filing the certificate of registered series required by Subsection (c) is a protected series if it meets the requirements of Subsections (a) and (b), subject to any exceptions permitted by Subsection (d).
(f) A series established in accordance with this section, but without filing the certificate of registered series under Subsection (c), is a protected series.
(g) A series established in accordance with this section, including by filing the certificate of registered series under Subsection (c), is a registered series.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1442), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 74 (S.B. 1517), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 43 (S.B. 1523), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2022.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Limited Liability Companies
Chapter 101 - Limited Liability Companies
Subchapter M. Series Limited Liability Company
Section 101.601. Series of Members, Managers, Membership Interests, or Assets
Section 101.603. Assets of Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.604. Notice of Limitation on Liabilities of Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.605. General Powers of Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.606. Liability of Member or Manager for Obligations; Duties
Section 101.607. Class or Group of Members or Managers
Section 101.608. Governing Authority
Section 101.609. Applicability of Other Provisions of Chapter or Title 1; Synonymous Terms
Section 101.610. Effect of Certain Event on Manager or Member
Section 101.611. Member Status With Respect to Distribution
Section 101.612. Record Date for Allocations and Distributions
Section 101.613. Distributions
Section 101.614. Authority to Wind Up and Terminate Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.615. Termination of Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.616. Event Requiring Winding Up
Section 101.617. Procedures for Winding Up and Termination of Protected Series or Registered Series
Section 101.618. Revocation of Voluntary Winding Up
Section 101.619. Cancellation of Event Requiring Winding Up
Section 101.620. Continuation of Business
Section 101.621. Winding Up by Court Order
Section 101.623. Filing of Certificate of Registered Series
Section 101.625. Certificate of Termination for Registered Series
Section 101.626. Name of Registered Series
Section 101.627. Conversion of a Registered Series to a Protected Series
Section 101.628. Authorization of Conversion
Section 101.629. Conversion Not Winding Up Event
Section 101.630. Effect of Conversion
Section 101.631. Filing of Certificate of Conversion
Section 101.632. Prohibition on Conversion Permitted
Section 101.633. Merger Among Merging Series of Same Limited Liability Company
Section 101.634. Certificate of Merger