15902.02.
(a) In order to amend its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must deliver to and on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State for filing an amendment stating:
(1) the name and the Secretary of State’s file number of the limited partnership; and
(2) the changes the amendment makes to the certificate as most recently amended or restated.
(b) A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership to reflect:
(1) the admission of a new general partner;
(2) the dissociation of a person as a general partner; or
(3) the appointment of a person to wind up the limited partnership’s activities under subdivisions (c) or (d) of Section 15908.03.
(c) A general partner that knows that any information in a filed certificate of limited partnership was false when the certificate was filed or has become false due to changed circumstances shall promptly:
(1) cause the certificate to be amended; or
(2) if appropriate, deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an amendment or a certificate of correction pursuant to Section 15902.07.
(d) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended at any time for any other proper purpose as determined by the limited partnership.
(e) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be delivered to and on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State for filing in the same manner as an amendment.
(1) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be filed that embodies all of the provisions that are in effect contained in the different certificates that have been filed with the Secretary of State.
(2) A restated certificate of limited partnership may include an amendment of the certificate of limited partnership not previously filed with the Secretary of State.
(3) The restated certificate of limited partnership shall supersede the initial certificate of limited partnership and all amendments thereto previously filed with the Secretary of State.
(4) Any amendment effected in connection with the restatement of the certificate of limited partnership shall be subject to any other provision of this chapter not inconsistent with this section that would apply if a separate certificate of amendment were filed to effect that amendment.
(f) Subject to subdivision (c) of Section 15902.06, an amendment or restated certificate is effective when filed by the Secretary of State.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 495, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2007. Section operative January 1, 2008, pursuant to Section 15912.04.)