48-2c-412 - Low-profit limited liability company.
48-2c-412. Low-profit limited liability company.
(1) (a) To be a low-profit limited liability company, a company shall:
(i) state in its articles of organization that it is a low-profit limited liability company;
(ii) organize under this chapter; and
(iii) be organized for a business purpose that satisfies, and at all times operates to satisfyeach of the requirements under Subsection (1)(b).
(b) A low-profit limited liability company:
(i) shall significantly further the accomplishment of one or more charitable oreducational purposes within the meaning of Section 170(c)(2)(B), Internal Revenue Code;
(ii) shall demonstrate that it would not be formed but for the company's relationship tothe accomplishment of a charitable or educational purpose;
(iii) subject to Subsection (3), may not have as a significant purpose the production ofincome or the appreciation of property; and
(iv) may not have as a purpose to accomplish one or more political or legislativepurposes within the meaning of Section 170(c)(2)(D), Internal Revenue Code.
(2) (a) If a company that is a low-profit limited liability company at its formation at anytime ceases to meet a requirement to be a low-profit limited liability company under Subsection(1), the company:
(i) ceases to be a low-profit limited liability company on the day on which the companyno longer meets the requirement; and
(ii) if it continues to meet the requirements of this chapter to be a limited liabilitycompany, continues to exist as a limited liability company that is not a low-profit limited liabilitycompany.
(b) A low-profit limited liability company's failure to meet a requirement of Subsection(1) may be:
(i) voluntary, in order to convert to a limited liability company that is not a low-profitlimited liability company; or
(ii) involuntary.
(c) If a low-profit limited liability company ceases to be a low-profit limited liabilitycompany in accordance with Subsection (2)(a), the company shall:
(i) change its name to conform with Section 48-2c-106; and
(ii) amend its articles of organization in accordance with Section 48-2c-405.
(3) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), if a low-profit limited liability company producessignificant income or capital appreciation, in the absence of other factors, the fact that thelow-profit limited liability company produces significant income or capital appreciation is notconclusive evidence of a significant purpose involving the production of income or theappreciation of property.
Enacted by Chapter 141, 2009 General Session