(805 ILCS 215/Art. 12 heading)

(805 ILCS 215/1201) Sec. 1201. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and construing this Uniform Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1202) Sec. 1202. Severability clause. If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable. (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1203) Sec. 1203. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. This Act modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but this Act does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act. (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1204) Sec. 1204. Effective date. (See Section 1402 for effective date.) (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1205) Sec. 1205. Repeals. (See Section 1401 for repeals.) (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1206) Sec. 1206. Application to existing relationships. (a) Before January 1, 2008, this Act governs only:(1) a limited partnership formed on or after January

1, 2005; and

(2) except as otherwise provided in subsections (c)

and (d), a limited partnership formed before January 1, 2005 which elects, in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be subject to this Act.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), on and after January 1, 2008 this Act governs all limited partnerships.(c) With respect to a limited partnership formed before January 1, 2005, the following rules apply except as the partners otherwise elect in the manner provided in the partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement:(1) Section 104(c) does not apply and the limited

partnership has whatever duration it had under the law applicable immediately before January 1, 2005.

(2) Section 108(d) does not apply.(3) The limited partnership is not required to amend

its certificate of limited partnership to comply with Section 201(a)(4).

(4) Sections 601 and 602 do not apply and a limited

partner has the same right and power to dissociate from the limited partnership, with the same consequences, as existed immediately before January 1, 2005.

(5) Section 603(4) does not apply.(6) Section 603(5) does not apply and a court has the

same power to expel a general partner as the court had immediately before January 1, 2005.

(7) Section 801(3) does not apply and the connection

between a person's dissociation as a general partner and the dissolution of the limited partnership is the same as existed immediately before January 1, 2005.

(d) With respect to a limited partnership that elects pursuant to subsection (a)(2) to be subject to this Act, after the election takes effect the provisions of this Act relating to the liability of the limited partnership's general partners to third parties apply:(1) before January 1, 2008, to:(A) a third party that had not done business with

the limited partnership in the year before the election took effect; and

(B) a third party that had done business with the

limited partnership in the year before the election took effect only if the third party knows or has received a notification of the election; and

(2) on and after January 1, 2008, to all third

parties, but those provisions remain inapplicable to any obligation incurred while those provisions were inapplicable under paragraph (1)(B).

(Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1207) Sec. 1207. Savings clause. This Act does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought, or right accrued before this Act takes effect. (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05.)

(805 ILCS 215/1207.2) Sec. 1207.2. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 215/1207.3) Sec. 1207.3. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05; text omitted.)

(805 ILCS 215/1207.4) Sec. 1207.4. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-967, eff. 1-1-05; text omitted.)