2023 Code of Alabama › Title 10A - Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code. › Chapter 9A - Alabama Limited Partnership Law. › Article 2 - Formation; Certificate of Formation and Other Filings. › Section 10A-9A-2.02 - Amendment or Restatement of Certificate of Formation.

Section 10A-9A-2.02
Amendment or restatement of certificate of formation.
Division B of Article 3 of Chapter 1 shall not apply to this chapter. Instead:
(a) A certificate of formation may be amended at any time.
(b) A certificate of formation may be restated with or without amendment at any time.
(c) To amend its certificate of formation, a limited partnership must deliver a certificate of amendment for filing to the Secretary of State which certificate of amendment shall state:
(1) the name of the limited partnership;
(2) the unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State; and
(3) the changes the amendment makes to the certificate of formation as most recently amended or restated.
(d) Prior to a statement of dissolution being delivered to the Secretary of State for filing, a limited partnership shall promptly deliver a certificate of amendment for filing with the Secretary of State to reflect:
(1) the admission of a new general partner; or
(2) the dissociation of a person as a general partner.
(e) Prior to a statement of dissolution being delivered to the Secretary of State for filing, if a general partner knows that any information in a filed certificate of formation was inaccurate when the certificate of formation was filed or has become inaccurate due to changed circumstances and if such information is required to be set forth in a newly filed certificate of formation under this chapter, the general partner shall promptly:
(1) cause the certificate of formation to be amended; or
(2) if appropriate, deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of correction in accordance with Chapter 1.
(f) A certificate of formation may be amended at any time pursuant to this section for any other proper purpose as determined by the limited partnership. A certificate of formation may also be amended in a statement of merger pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 1 or Article 10 of this chapter.
(g) In order to restate its certificate of formation, a limited partnership must deliver a restated certificate of formation for filing with the Secretary of State. A restated certificate of formation must:
(1) be designated as such in the heading;
(2) state the name of the limited partnership;
(3) state the unique identifying number or other designation as assigned by the Secretary of State;
(4) set forth any amendment or change effected in connection with the restatement of the certificate of formation. Any such restatement that effects an amendment shall be subject to any other provision of this chapter not inconsistent with this section, which would apply if a separate certificate of amendment were filed to effect the amendment or change;
(5) set forth the text of the restated certificate of formation; and
(6) state that the restated certificate of formation consolidates all amendments into a single document.
(h) The original certificate of formation, as theretofore amended, shall be superseded by the restated certificate of formation and thenceforth, the restated certificate of formation, including any further amendment or changes made thereby, shall be the certificate of formation of the limited partnership, but the original effective date of formation shall remain unchanged.
(i) An amended or restated certificate of formation may contain only the provisions that would be permitted at the time of the amendment if the amended or restated certificate of formation were a newly filed original certificate of formation.
(j) The filing of a certificate of amendment to the certificate of formation shall have the effect, and shall take effect, as provided in Section 10A-1-3.14.
(k) The filing of a restated certificate of formation shall have the effect, and shall take effect, as provided in Section 10A-1-3.18.
(Act 2016-379, p. 934, §1; Act 2020-73, §10; Act 2021-299, §5.)