Full Text of SB1522 101st General Assembly
SB1522 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 SB1522 Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Don Harmon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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805 ILCS 180/10-10 |
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805 ILCS 180/15-5 |
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Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Deletes a provision that provides that all or specified members of a limited liability company are liable in their capacity as members for all or specified debts, obligations, or liabilities of the company if: (i) a provision to that effect is contained in the articles of organization and (ii) a member so liable has consented in writing to the adoption of the provision or to be bound by the provision. Provides that with respect to imposing liability upon a member because of a member's personal conduct, nothing in the Act shall be deemed to limit the effect of law other than the Act. Provides that a limited liability company's operating agreement may not restrict the duty to act fairly as described in the Act. Provides that the operating agreement may identify the standards by which the obligation to act fairly is measured.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning business.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Limited Liability Company Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 10-10 and 15-5 as follows:
| 6 | | (805 ILCS 180/10-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-10. Liability of members and managers.
| 8 | | (a) The Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of | 9 | | this Section, the
debts,
obligations, and liabilities of a | 10 | | limited liability company, whether arising in contract,
tort, | 11 | | or otherwise, are solely the debts, obligations, and | 12 | | liabilities of the
company. A member or manager is not | 13 | | personally liable
for a debt, obligation, or liability of the | 14 | | company solely
by reason of being or acting as a member or | 15 | | manager.
| 16 | | (b) (Blank).
| 17 | | (b-5) With respect to imposing liability upon a member | 18 | | because of a member's personal conduct, nothing in this Act | 19 | | shall be deemed to limit the effect of law other than this Act. | 20 | | (c) The failure of a limited liability company to observe | 21 | | the usual
company formalities or requirements relating to the | 22 | | exercise of its company
powers
or management of its business is | 23 | | not a ground for imposing personal liability
on the members or |
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| 1 | | managers for liabilities of the company.
| 2 | | (d) (Blank). All or specified members of a limited | 3 | | liability company are liable in
their capacity as members for | 4 | | all or specified debts, obligations, or
liabilities of the | 5 | | company if:
| 6 | | (1) a provision to that effect is contained in the | 7 | | articles of
organization; and
| 8 | | (2) a member so liable has consented in writing to the | 9 | | adoption of the
provision or to be bound by the provision.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 90-424, eff. 1-1-98.)
| 11 | | (805 ILCS 180/15-5)
| 12 | | Sec. 15-5. Operating agreement.
| 13 | | (a) All
members of a
limited liability company may enter | 14 | | into an operating agreement to
regulate the affairs of the | 15 | | company and the conduct of its business and to
govern relations | 16 | | among the members, managers, and company. The operating | 17 | | agreement may establish that a limited liability company is a | 18 | | manager-managed limited liability company and the rights and | 19 | | duties under this Act of a person in the capacity of a manager. | 20 | | To the extent
the operating agreement does not otherwise | 21 | | provide, this Act governs relations
among the members, | 22 | | managers, and company.
Except as provided in subsections (b), | 23 | | (c), (d), and (e) of this Section, an operating agreement
may | 24 | | modify any provision or provisions of this Act governing | 25 | | relations among
the members, managers, and company.
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| 1 | | (b) The operating agreement may not:
| 2 | | (1) unreasonably restrict a right to information or | 3 | | access to records
under
Section 1-40 or Section 10-15;
| 4 | | (2) vary the right to expel a member in an event | 5 | | specified in subdivision
(6) of Section
35-45;
| 6 | | (3) vary the requirement to wind up the limited | 7 | | liability company's
business
in a case specified in | 8 | | subdivision (4), (5), or (6) of subsection (a) of Section | 9 | | 35-1;
| 10 | | (4) restrict rights of a person, other than a manager, | 11 | | member, and
transferee of a member's distributional | 12 | | interest, under this Act;
| 13 | | (5) restrict the power of a member to dissociate under | 14 | | Section 35-50,
although an operating agreement may
| 15 | | determine whether a dissociation is wrongful under Section | 16 | | 35-50;
| 17 | | (6) (blank);
| 18 | | (6.5) eliminate or reduce the obligations or purposes a | 19 | | low-profit limited liability company undertakes when | 20 | | organized under Section 1-26; | 21 | | (7) eliminate or reduce the obligation of good faith | 22 | | and fair dealing
under
subsection (d) of Section 15-3, but | 23 | | the operating agreement may determine the
standards by | 24 | | which the performance of the member's duties or the | 25 | | exercise of the member's rights is to be measured; | 26 | | (8) eliminate, vary, or restrict the priority of a |
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| 1 | | statement of authority over provisions in the articles of | 2 | | organization as provided in subsection (h) of Section | 3 | | 13-15; | 4 | | (9) vary the law applicable under Section 1-65; | 5 | | (10) vary the power of the court under Section 5-50; or | 6 | | (11) restrict the right to approve a merger, | 7 | | conversion, or domestication under Article 37 or the Entity | 8 | | Omnibus Act of a member that will have personal liability | 9 | | with respect to a surviving, converted, or domesticated | 10 | | organization. | 11 | | (c) The operating agreement may: | 12 | | (1) restrict or eliminate a fiduciary duty, other than | 13 | | the duty to act fairly as described in paragraph (2) of | 14 | | subsection (b) of Section 15-3, or the duty of care | 15 | | described in subsection (c) of Section 15-3, but only to | 16 | | the extent the restriction or elimination in the operating | 17 | | agreement is clear and unambiguous; | 18 | | (2) identify specific types or categories of | 19 | | activities that do not violate any fiduciary duty; and | 20 | | (3) alter the duty of care, except to authorize | 21 | | intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law ; and . | 22 | | (4) identify the standards by which the obligation to | 23 | | act fairly is measured. | 24 | | (d) The operating agreement may specify the method by which | 25 | | a specific act or transaction that would otherwise violate the | 26 | | duty of loyalty may be authorized or ratified by one or more |
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| 1 | | disinterested and independent persons after full disclosure of | 2 | | all material facts. | 3 | | (e) The operating agreement may alter or eliminate the | 4 | | right to payment or reimbursement for a member or manager | 5 | | provided by Section 15-7 and may eliminate or limit a member or | 6 | | manager's liability to the limited liability company and | 7 | | members for money damages, except for: | 8 | | (1) subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this Section, | 9 | | breach of the duties as required in subdivisions (1), (2), | 10 | | and (3) of subsection (b) of Section 15-3 and subsection | 11 | | (g) of Section 15-3; | 12 | | (2) a financial benefit received by the member or | 13 | | manager to which the member or manager is not entitled; | 14 | | (3) a breach of a duty under Section 25-35; | 15 | | (4) intentional infliction of harm on the company or a | 16 | | member; or | 17 | | (5) an intentional violation of criminal law. | 18 | | (f) A limited liability company is bound by and may enforce | 19 | | the operating agreement, whether or not the company has itself | 20 | | manifested assent to the operating agreement. | 21 | | (g) A person that becomes a member of a limited liability | 22 | | company is deemed to assent to the operating agreement. | 23 | | (h) An operating agreement may be entered into before, | 24 | | after, or at the time of filing of articles of organization | 25 | | and, whether entered into before, after, or at the time of the | 26 | | filing, may be made effective as of the time of formation of |
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| 1 | | the limited liability company or as of the time or date | 2 | | provided in the operating agreement.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 99-637, eff. 7-1-17; 100-561, eff. 7-1-18.)
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