2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 7 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-137-301) › PARTNERSHIPS (§§ 7-60-101 — 7-64-1206) › Article 64 - COLORADO UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT (1997) › Part 10 - LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS; LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS; FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS; FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (§§ 7-64-1001 — 7-64-1010) › Section 7-64-1004 - Limitations on distributions to general partner

(1)
A limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership shall not make a distribution to a general partner to the extent that at the time of the distribution, after giving effect to the distribution, all liabilities of the limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership, other than liabilities to general partners on account of their partnership interests and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specified property of the partnership, exceed the fair value of the assets of the partnership; except that the fair value of property that is subject to a liability for which the recourse of creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of the partnership only to the extent that the fair value of that property exceeds that liability. For purposes of this section and sections
7-62-607
and
7-62-608
, the term "distribution" shall not include payments to the extent that the payments do not exceed amounts equal to or constituting reasonable compensation for present or past services or reasonable payments made in the ordinary course of business pursuant to a bona fide retirement plan or other benefits program.
(2)
A general partner in a limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership who receives a distribution in violation of subsection (1) of this section, and who knew at the time of the distribution that the distribution violated subsection (1) of this section, shall be liable to the partnership for the amount of the distribution. A general partner in a limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership who receives a distribution in violation of subsection (1) of this section, and who did not know at the time of the distribution that the distribution violated subsection (1) of this section, shall not be liable for the amount of the distribution. Subject to subsection (3) of this section, this subsection (2) shall not affect any obligation or liability of a general partner under an agreement or other applicable law for the amount of a distribution.
(3)
Unless otherwise agreed, a general partner in a limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership who receives a distribution from the partnership shall have no liability under this article or other applicable law for the amount of the distribution after the expiration of three years from the date of the distribution unless an action to recover the distribution from such partner is commenced prior to the expiration of the said three-year period and an adjudication of liability against such partner is made in the said action.
L. 97: Entire article added, p. 904, § 1, effective 1/1/1998. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 851, § 13, effective July 1.