N.M. Stat. § 54-2A-1204
Application to existing limited partnerships and other
relationships.
A. The Uniform Revised Limited Partnership Act governs only:
(1)
a limited partnership formed on or after January 1, 2008; and
(2)
except as otherwise provided in Subsections B and C of this section, a
limited partnership formed before January 1, 2008 that elects, in the manner provided in
its partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be
subject to the Uniform Revised Limited Partnership Act, and that presents to the
secretary of state for filing:
(a) an amended and restated certificate of limited partnership stating that it
elects to be subject to that act if the filing is made before January 1, 2010; or
(b) if the filing is made on or after January 1, 2010, an amended and restated
certificate of limited partnership stating the information required by Section 54-2A-201
NMSA 1978. The "liability effective date" with respect to the limited partnership is the
date that is ninety days after a limited partnership described in this paragraph files with
the secretary of state an amended and restated certificate of limited partnership stating
the information required by Section 54-2A-201 NMSA 1978.
B. With respect to a limited partnership formed before January 1, 2008 that elects
pursuant to Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section to be subject to the Uniform
Revised Limited Partnership Act, the following rules apply except as the partners
otherwise elect in the manner provided in the partnership agreement or by law for
amending the partnership agreement:
(1)
Subsection C of Section 54-2A-104 NMSA 1978 does not apply and the
limited partnership has whatever duration it had pursuant to the law applicable
immediately before January 1, 2008;
(2)
Sections 54-2A-601 and 54-2A-602 NMSA 1978 do not apply and a
limited partner has the same right and power to dissociate from the limited partnership,
with the same consequences, as existed immediately before January 1, 2008;
(3)
Subsection D of Section 54-2A-603 NMSA 1978 does not apply;
(4)
Subsection E of Section 54-2A-603 NMSA 1978 does not apply and a
court has the same power to expel a general partner as the court had immediately
before January 1, 2008; and
(5)
Subsection C of Section 54-2A-801 NMSA 1978 does not apply and the
connection between a person's dissociation as a general partner and the dissolution of
the limited partnership is the same as existed immediately before January 1, 2008.
C. With respect to a limited partnership that elects pursuant to Paragraph (2) of
Subsection A of this section to be subject to the Uniform Revised Limited Partnership
Act, after the election takes effect the provisions of the Uniform Revised Limited
Partnership Act relating to the liability of the limited partnership's general partners to
third parties apply:
(1)
before the liability effective date, to:
(a) a third party that had not done business with the limited partnership in the
year before the election took effect; and
(b) a third party that had done business with the limited partnership in the
year before the election took effect only if the third party knows or has received a
notification of the election; and
(2)
on and after the liability effective date, to all third parties, but those
provisions remain inapplicable to any obligation incurred while those provisions were
inapplicable pursuant to Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (1) of this subsection.
D. Until a limited partnership formed before January 1, 2008 elects to be governed
by the Uniform Revised Limited Partnership Act, the limited partnership shall continue to
be governed by the provisions of the Uniform Limited Partnership Act under which the
limited partnership was formed as if that act had not been repealed, except that the
limited partnership shall not be renewed unless so provided in the original agreement or
in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or by law for amending the
partnership agreement.
E. After January 1, 2010, the Uniform Revised Limited Partnership Act governs a
foreign limited partnership formed at any time.
F. Certificates of limited partnership filed with a county clerk before July 1, 1993
may be refiled with the secretary of state. Such a refiling supersedes the filing in the
county clerk's office. Such a refiling without compliance with the provisions of Paragraph
(2) of Subsection A of this section is not an election to be subject to the Uniform
Revised Limited Partnership Act. Certificates of limited partnership not refiled with the
secretary of state shall remain valid until expiration or until cancellation pursuant to a
certificate of cancellation filed with the county clerk.