Maine Code § 31-1358

General standards of general partner's conduct
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1. Fiduciary duties. 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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
2. Duty of loyalty. 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; [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
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 [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
C. To refrain from competing with the limited partnership in the conduct or winding up of the
limited partnership's activities. [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
3. Duty of care. 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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
4. Good faith and fair dealing. 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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
5. General partner's own interest. 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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

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