§ 121-102. Partnership name. The name of each limited partnership as\nset forth in its certificate of limited partnership:\n (a) (1) shall contain without abbreviation the words "Limited\nPartnership" or the abbreviation "L.P.";\n (2) (A) shall be such as to distinguish it from the name of (i) any\nlimited partnership as defined in subdivision (h) of section 121-101 of\nthis article, or (ii) any foreign limited partnership authorized to do\nbusiness as a foreign limited partnership in this state;\n (B) shall be such as to distinguish it from (i) the names of domestic\nbusiness corporations, domestic not-for-profit corporations and other\ndomestic corporations of any type or kind that are formed by a filing in\nthe department of state, (ii) the names of authorized foreign business\ncorporations, authorized foreign not-for-profit corporations and other\nauthorized foreign corporations of any type or kind that are authorized\nto do business or conduct activities in this state by reason of a filing\nin the department of state, (iii) the fictitious names of authorized\nforeign business corporations, authorized foreign not-for-profit\ncorporations and other authorized foreign corporations of any type or\nkind that are authorized to do business or conduct activities in this\nstate by reason of a filing in the department of state, (iv) the names\nof domestic limited liability companies, (v) the names of authorized\nforeign limited liability companies, or (vi) the fictitious names of\nauthorized foreign limited liability companies, in each case, as such\nnames appear on the index of names of existing domestic and authorized\nforeign corporations of any type or kind, including fictitious names of\nauthorized foreign corporations of any type or kind, in the department\nof state, or on the index of names of existing domestic or authorized\nforeign limited liability companies, including fictitious names of\nauthorized foreign limited liability companies, in the department of\nstate, or names the rights to which are reserved; provided, however,\nthat no limited partnership that was formed prior to the effective date\nof this subparagraph and no foreign limited partnership that was\nqualified to do business in this state prior to such effective date\nshall be required to change the name or fictitious name it had on such\neffective date solely by reason of such name or fictitious name being\nindistinguishable from the name or fictitious name of any domestic or\nauthorized foreign corporation or limited liability company or from any\nname the right to which is reserved by or on behalf of any domestic or\nforeign corporation or limited liability company;\n (3)(A) may not contain the following phrases or any abbreviation or\nderivative thereof:\n board of trade state trooper\n chamber of commerce tenant relocation\n community renewal urban development\n state police urban relocation\n Every certificate of limited partnership in which the name of the\nproposed limited partnership includes the terms: "school," "education,"\n"elementary," "secondary," "kindergarten," "prekindergarten,"\n"preschool," "nursery school," "museum," "history," "historical,"\n"historical society," "arboretum," "library," "college," "university" or\nother term restricted by section two hundred twenty-four of the\neducation law; "conservatory," "academy," or "institute," or any\nabbreviation or derivative of such terms, shall have endorsed thereon or\nannexed thereto the consent of the commissioner of education.\n (B) may not contain the following words, or any abbreviation or\nderivative thereof:\n acceptance indemnity\n annuity insurance\n assurance investment\n bank lawyer\n benefit loan\n bond
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