42:2B-27 - Management of company, control
42:2B-27 Management of company, control.
27. a. (1) Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, the management of a limited liability company shall be vested in its members in proportion to the then current percentage or other interest of members in the profits of the limited liability company owned by all of the members, the decision of members owning more than 50 percent of the then current percentage or other interest in the profits controlling; (2) provided, however, that if an operating agreement provides for the management, in whole or in part, of a limited liability company by one or more managers, the management of the limited liability company, to the extent so provided, shall be vested in the manager or managers who shall be chosen by the member or members in the manner provided in the operating agreement. The managers shall also hold the offices and have the responsibilities accorded to them by the members and set forth in an operating agreement. Subject to section 37 of this act, a manager shall cease to be a manager as provided in an operating agreement.
b. (1) If a limited liability company is managed by its members, unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, each member shall have the authority to bind the limited liability company. In addition, unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, or to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the operating agreement is without effect in this regard, each member in a limited liability company managed by its members shall also have the authority to file for insolvency or reorganization under appropriate State or federal law, so long as that filing has the prior approval of members then owning more than 50 percent of the interests in the profits of the limited liability company.
(2)If the limited liability company is managed by a manager or managers, the managers shall, in addition to all other authority accorded by the operating agreement, have the authority to file for insolvency or reorganization under appropriate State or federal law, unless otherwise provided in the operating agreement, except to the extent a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the operating agreement is without effect in this regard.
L.1993,c.210,s.27; amended 1997, c.139, s.15; 1998, c.79, s.5.