17-7702.   Definitions.As used in K.S.A. 17-7701 through 17-7708, the following terms mean:

      (a)   "Constituent entity" means each person that is a party to a merger orconsolidation subject to K.S.A. 17-7701 through 17-7708.

      (b)   "New entity" means the person into which constituent entitiesconsolidate, as identified in the agreement of consolidation or certificate ofconsolidation provided for in K.S.A. 17-7701 through 17-7708.

      (c)   "Organizational document" means, with respect to a corporation, itsarticles of incorporation or their equivalent, with respect to a limitedpartnership, its certificate of limited partnership or its equivalent, withrespect to a limited liability company, its articles of organization or theirequivalent,and with respect to any other type of person, the documents, if any, necessaryto form and organize such person under the laws of the jurisdiction under whichsuch person was or is formed and organized.

      (d)   "Person" means a domestic or foreign general partnership, limitedpartnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust,real estate investment trust and other association or business entity.

      (e)   "Surviving entity" means the constituent entity surviving a merger, asidentified in the agreement of merger or certificate of merger provided for inK.S.A. 17-7701 through 17-7708.

      History:   L. 1995, ch. 245, § 6; July 1.