Sec. 153.402. STANDING TO BRING PROCEEDING. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a limited partner may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding unless:
(1) the limited partner:
(A) was a limited partner of the limited partnership at the time of the act or omission complained of; or
(B) became a limited partner by operation of law originating from a person that was a limited partner or general partner at the time of the act or omission complained of; and
(2) the limited partner fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited partnership in enforcing the right of the limited partnership.
(b) If the converted entity in a conversion is a limited partnership, a limited partner of that limited partnership may not institute or maintain a derivative proceeding based on an act or omission that occurred with respect to the converting entity before the date of the conversion unless:
(1) the limited partner was an equity owner of the converting entity at the time of the act or omission; and
(2) the limited partner fairly and adequately represents the interests of the limited partnership in enforcing the right of the limited partnership.
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 899 (H.B. 3603), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2019.