(1) The only fiduciary duties that a general partner
has to the limited partnership and the other partners are the
duties of loyalty and care under subsections (2) and (3) of this
section.
(2) A general partner's duty of loyalty to the limited
partnership and the other partners is limited to the following:
(a) To account to the limited partnership and hold as
trustee for it any property, profit, or benefit derived by the
general partner in the conduct and winding up of the limited
partnership's activities or derived from a use by the general
partner of limited partnership property, including the
appropriation of a limited partnership opportunity;
(b) To refrain from dealing with the limited partnership in
the conduct or winding up of the limited partnership's activities
as or on behalf of a party having an interest adverse to the
limited partnership; and
(c) To refrain from competing with the limited partnership
in the conduct or winding up of the limited partnership's
activities.
(3) A general partner's duty of care to the limited
partnership and the other partners in the conduct and winding up
of the limited partnership's activities is limited to refraining
from engaging in grossly negligent or reckless conduct,
intentional misconduct, or a knowing violation of law.
(4) A general partner shall discharge the duties to the
partnership and the other partners under this chapter or under
the partnership agreement and exercise any rights consistently
with the obligation of good faith and fair dealing.
(5) A general partner does not violate a duty or obligation
under this chapter or under the partnership agreement merely
because the general partner's conduct furthers the general
partner's own interest.
[2009 c 188 § 408.]