Sec. 153.151. ADMISSION OF GENERAL PARTNERS. (a) After a limited partnership is formed, additional general partners may be admitted:
(1) in the manner provided by a written partnership agreement; or
(2) if a written partnership agreement does not provide for the admission of additional general partners, with the written consent of all partners.
(b) A person may be a general partner unless the person lacks capacity apart from this chapter.
(c) A written partnership agreement may provide that a person may be admitted as a general partner in a limited partnership, including as a sole general partner, and may acquire a partnership interest in the limited partnership without:
(1) making a contribution to the limited partnership; or
(2) assuming an obligation to make a contribution to the limited partnership.
(d) A written partnership agreement may provide that a person may be admitted as a general partner in a limited partnership, including as the sole general partner, without acquiring a partnership interest in the limited partnership.
(e) This section is not a limitation of or does not otherwise affect Section 153.152.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 87, eff. January 1, 2006.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 64 (H.B. 1319), Sec. 88, eff. January 1, 2006.