§425-1.5  Filing in office of the director;effective time and date.  (a)  A certified and executed partnershipregistration statement, any other statement or certification, or any judicialdecree of dissolution or cancellation, a registration statement for a foreigngeneral partnership, or any other statement or certification relating thereto,shall be delivered to the director for filing.  Unless the director finds thatany statement or certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of allfiling fees required by law, the director shall:

(1)  Stamp the word "Filed" and the date ofdelivery thereof; and

(2)  File the document in the director's office.

(b)  Upon the filing of a partnershipdissolution statement or judicial decree of dissolution in the office of thedirector, the domestic general partnership shall be dissolved as set forththerein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of withdrawal or ajudicial decree thereof, the foreign general partnership shall be withdrawn.

(c)  Articles of conversion and articles ofmerger may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if so, the documentbecomes effective at the time and date specified.  If a delayed effective datebut no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business onthat date.  A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than thethirtieth day after the date the document is filed. [L 1995, c 198, pt of §1;am L 2003, c 124, §48]