eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 620.1408. General standards of conduct for general partner.  


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  • 1(1) 2The only fiduciary duties that a general partner has to the limited partnership and the other partners are the duties of loyalty and care under subsections (2) and (3).
    31(2) 32A general partner’s duty of loyalty to the limited partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:
    51(a) 52To account to the limited partnership and hold as trustee for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the general partner in the conduct and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities or derived from a use by the general partner of limited partnership property, including the appropriation of a limited partnership opportunity.
    106(b) 107To refrain from dealing with the limited partnership in the conduct or winding up of the limited partnership’s activities as or on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the limited partnership.
    141(c) 142To refrain from competing with the limited partnership in the conduct of the limited partnership’s activities.
    158(3) 159A general partner’s duty of care to the limited partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up of the limited partnership’s activities is limited to refraining from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct, intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.
    204(4) 205A general partner shall discharge the duties to the partnership and the other partners under this act or under the partnership agreement and exercise any rights consistently with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.
    241(5) 242A general partner does not violate a duty or obligation under this act or under the partnership agreement merely because the general partner’s conduct furthers the general partner’s own interest.
History.-s. 17, ch. 2005-267.

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