Proposed Amendments to Delaware’s LLC and Partnership Acts
June 3, 2019
Publication| Limited Liability Company & Partnership Advisory
Legislation proposing to amend the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (LLC Act), the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (LP Act) and the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act (GP Act) (collectively, the LLC and Partnership Acts) has been introduced to the Delaware General Assembly. The following is a brief summary of some of the more significant proposed amendments that affect Delaware limited liability companies (Delaware LLCs), Delaware limited partnerships (Delaware LPs) and Delaware general partnerships (Delaware GPs), including amendments (i) relating to document forms, including electronic signatures and delivery, (ii) enabling a Delaware LP to divide into two or more Delaware LPs as a new permitted form of Delaware LP reorganization (LP Division), (iii) providing for the formation of statutory public benefit Delaware LPs (Statutory Public Benefit LPs), (iv) authorizing the creation of a new type of Delaware LP series known as a “registered series” (LP Series), (v) providing specific statutory authority for the use of networks of electronic databases (including blockchain and distributed ledgers) by Delaware GPs, and (vi) confirming the availability of contractual appraisal rights in connection with certain transactions involving Delaware LLCs and Delaware LPs. If enacted, all of the proposed amendments will become effective on August 1, 2019.