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(1)(1)(a) One or more persons may act as organizers to form a decentralized autonomous organization by delivering to the division for filing a certificate of organization.
(1)(b) At least one of the organizers of a decentralized autonomous organization shall be an individual.
(2)(2)(a) A certificate of organization shall provide:
(2)(a)(i) the name of the decentralized autonomous organization, which shall comply with Section 48-5-105;
(2)(a)(ii) the name of an organizer that is an individual;
(2)(a)(iii) the street and mailing address of the organizer described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii);
(2)(a)(iv) the name and address of the legal representative; and
(2)(a)(v) the information required by Subsection 16-17-203(1).
(2)(b) An organizer may request that the information provided in Subsections
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(1) (1)(a) One or more persons may act as organizers to form a decentralized autonomous organization by delivering to the division for filing a certificate of organization.
(1)(b) At least one of the organizers of a decentralized autonomous organization shall be an individual.
(2) (2)(a) A certificate of organization shall provide:
(2)(a)(i) the name of the decentralized autonomous organization, which shall comply with Section 48-5-105;
(2)(a)(ii) the name of an organizer that is an individual;
(2)(a)(iii) the street and mailing address of the organizer described in Subsection (2)(a)(ii);
(2)(a)(iv) the name and address of the legal representative; and
(2)(a)(v) the information required by Subsection 16-17-203(1).
(2)(b) An organizer may request that the information provided in Subsections (2)(a)(ii) and (iii) is redacted by the division before any public disclosure of the filing.
(3) A decentralized autonomous organization shall submit evidence to the division in a form required by the division that the decentralized autonomous organization has complied with the following requirements:
(3)(a) the decentralized autonomous organization is deployed on a permissionless blockchain;
(3)(b) the decentralized autonomous organization has a unique public address through which an individual can review and monitor the decentralized autonomous organization's transactions;
(3)(c) the software code of the decentralized autonomous organization is available in a public forum for any person to review;
(3)(d) the software code of the decentralized autonomous organization has undergone quality assurance;
(3)(e) the decentralized autonomous organization has a graphical user interface that:
(3)(e)(i) allows a person to read the value of the key variables of the decentralized autonomous organization's smart contracts;
(3)(e)(ii) allows a person to monitor all transactions originating from, or addressed to, the decentralized autonomous organization's smart contracts;
(3)(e)(iii) specifies the restrictions on a member's ability to redeem tokens;
(3)(e)(iv) makes available the decentralized autonomous organization's by-laws; and
(3)(e)(v) displays the mechanism to contact the administrator of the decentralized autonomous organization;
(3)(f) the governance system of the decentralized autonomous organization is decentralized;
(3)(g) the decentralized autonomous organization has at least one member;
(3)(h) (3)(h)(i) there is a publicly specified communication mechanism that allows a person to contact the registered agent of the decentralized autonomous organization and provide legally recognized service; and
(3)(h)(ii) a member or administrator of the decentralized autonomous organization is able to access the contents of this communication mechanism; and
(3)(i) the decentralized autonomous organization describes or provides a dispute resolution mechanism that is:
(3)(i)(i) binding on the decentralized autonomous organization, the members, and participants of the decentralized autonomous organization; and
(3)(i)(ii) able to resolve disputes with third parties capable of settlement by alternative dispute resolution.
(4) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (3)(e)(iv), a decentralized autonomous organization may redact sensitive information from the by-laws before making the by-laws available, if those redactions are necessary to protect the privacy of individual members or participants in the decentralized autonomous organization.
(5) A decentralized autonomous organization is formed when the decentralized autonomous organization's certificate of organization becomes effective and the decentralized autonomous organization submits the evidence required in Subsection (3).
(6) Upon formation, the decentralized autonomous organization shall have limited liability, subject to the provisions of Section 48-5-202.