§ 1121. Who may file a plan
(a)
The debtor may file a plan with a petition commencing a voluntary case, or at any time in a voluntary case or an involuntary case.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, only the debtor may file a plan until after 120 days after the date of the order for relief under this chapter.
(c)
Any party in interest, including the debtor, the trustee, a creditors’ committee, an equity security holders’ committee, a creditor, an equity security holder, or any indenture trustee, may file a plan if and only if—
(d)
(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), on request of a party in interest made within the respective periods specified in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and after notice and a hearing, the court may for cause reduce or increase the 120-day period or the 180-day period referred to in this section.
(e)
In a small business case—
(1)
only the debtor may file a plan until after 180 days after the date of the order for relief, unless that period is—
(2)
the plan and a disclosure statement (if any) shall be filed not later than 300 days after the date of the order for relief; and
(3)
the time periods specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), and the time fixed in section
1129
(e) within which the plan shall be confirmed, may be extended only if—