HB 1082 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
21Mar2024... 1060h
2024 SESSION
24-2406
09/05
HOUSE BILL 1082
AN ACT relative to professional limited liability company (PLLC) assistant manager status.
SPONSORS: Rep. Turer, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends the law to permit a single-member professional limited liability company to designate an assistant manager, who is not a qualified person, to manage the PLLC in the case of the death, incapacity, or disqualification of the manager for certain purposes.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2024... 1060h 24-2406
09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to professional limited liability company (PLLC) assistant manager status.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Professional Limited Liability Companies; Officers and Managers. Amend RSA 304-D:12 to read as follows:
304-D:12 Officers and Managers.
Except as otherwise provided by the licensing laws of this state and rules adopted under these laws or by any licensing authority in this state, each manager of a professional limited liability company, if any, and all the officers, if any, shall be qualified persons with respect to the professional limited liability company, with the exception of any of the following: [other than] the secretary or an assistant secretary, [and] the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and/or the assistant manager in the case of a single-member professional limited liability company [shall be qualified persons with respect to the professional limited liability company]. In the case of a single-member professional limited liability company, unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, and subject to RSA 304-D:5, upon the manager’s death, incapacity, or becoming a disqualified person, the assistant manager may, for a period of up to one year after the date of the manager’s death, incapacity, or becoming a disqualified person, exercise all of the manager’s rights held by the manager immediately before the manager's death, incapacity, or becoming a disqualified person. Consistent with RSA 304-D:5, this section does not authorize the assistant manager to perform any professional duties or exercise any professional judgment within the scope of the subject profession. Nothing contained in this section shall supersede any professional or ethical standards or guidance governing the subject profession.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| March 14, 2024 | 2024-1060h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 7, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 15, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 6, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| March 13, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 7, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
May 22, 2024: Refer to Interim Study, MA, VV; 05/22/2024; SJ 14
May 15, 2024: Committee Report: Referred to Interim Study, 05/22/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 20
April 30, 2024: Hearing: 05/07/2024, Room 100, SH, 10:10 am; SC 18
March 26, 2024: Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Commerce; SJ 8
March 21, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1060h: MA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 83
March 21, 2024: Amendment # 2024-1060h: AA VV 03/21/2024 HJ 9 P. 83
March 15, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-1060h 03/13/2024 (Vote 16-4; RC)
Feb. 27, 2024: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/06/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
Feb. 27, 2024: Subcommittee Work Session: 03/05/2024 09:00 am LOB 212
Feb. 6, 2024: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/15/2024 10:00 am LOB 206-208
Jan. 17, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 01:45 pm LOB 210-211
Nov. 28, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Judiciary