§ 45-10.2-20 — Remote communications for partner meetings

North Dakota § 45-10.2-20

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 45: Partnerships
• Ch. 45-10.2: Uniform Limited Partnership Act

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1. This section must be construed and applied to:
a. Facilitate remote communication consistent with other applicable law; and
b. Be consistent with reasonable practices concerning remote communication and
with the continued expansion of those practices.
2. To the extent authorized in the certificate of limited partnership or the partnership
agreement and determined by the general partners:
a. A meeting of the partners may be held solely by any combination of means of
remote communication through which the participants may participate in the
meeting:
(1) If notice of the meeting is given to every holder of interests entitled to vote
as would be required by the certificate of limited partnership or the
partnership agreement for a meeting; and
(2) If the number of partnership interests held by the partners participating in
the meeting would be sufficient to constitute a quorum at a meeting.
b. A partner not physically present in person or by proxy at a meeting of partners
may by means of remote communication participate in a meeting of partners held
at a designated place.
3. In any meeting of partners held solely by means of remote communication under
subdivision a of subsection 2 or in any meeting of partners held at a designated place
in which one or more partners participate by means of remote communication under
subdivision b of subsection 2:
a. The limited partnership shall implement reasonable measures to:
(1) Verify that each person deemed present and entitled to vote at the meeting
by means of remote communication is a partner; and
(2) Provide each partner participating by means of remote communication with
a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting, including an
opportunity to:

(a) Read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially
concurrently with those proceedings;
(b) If allowed by the procedures governing the meeting, have the remarks
of a partner heard or read by other participants in the meeting
substantially concurrently with the making of those remarks; and
(c) If otherwise entitled, vote on matters submitted to the partners.
b. Participation in a meeting by this means constitutes presence at the meeting in
person or by proxy if all of the requirements of section 45-10.2-21 are met.
4. Any ballot, vote, authorization, or consent submitted by electronic communication
under this chapter may be revoked by the partner submitting the ballot, vote,
authorization, or consent so long as the revocation is received by a general partner of
the limited partnership at or before the meeting or before an action without a meeting
is effective as provided in section 45-10.2-19.
5. A partner may waive notice of a meeting by means of authenticated electronic
communication. Participation in a meeting by means of remote communication
described in subdivisions a and b of subsection 2 is a waiver of notice of that meeting,
except when the partner objects:
a. At the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened; or
b. Before a vote on an item of business because the item may not lawfully be
considered at the meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the
item at that meeting.