Sec. 206. Delivery to and filing of records by Secretary of State; effective time and date.

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(a)A record authorized or required to be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing under this Act must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium permitted by the Secretary of State, and be delivered to the Secretary of State. Unless the Secretary of State determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this Act, and if all filing fees have been paid, the Secretary of State shall file the record and:

(1)for a statement of dissociation, send:

(A)a copy of the filed statement and a receipt for the fees to the person which the

statement indicates has dissociated as a general partner; and

(B)a copy of the filed statement and receipt to the limited partnership;

(2)for a statement of withdrawal, send:

(A)a copy of the filed statement and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose

behalf the record was filed; and

(B)if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed

statement and receipt to the limited partnership; and

(3)for all other records except annual reports filed pursuant to Section 210, send a

copy of the filed record and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record was filed.

(b)Upon request and payment of a fee, the Secretary of State shall send to the requester a certified copy of the requested record.

(c)Except as otherwise provided in Sections 116 and 207, a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing under this Act may specify an effective time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a record filed by the Secretary of State is effective:

(1)if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed

effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the Secretary of State's endorsement of the date and time on the record;

(2)if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the

date the record is filed at the time specified in the record;

(3)if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01

a.m. on the earlier of:

(A)the specified date; or

(B)the 90th day after the record is filed; or

(4)if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the

specified time on the earlier of:

(A)the specified date; or

(B)the 90th day after the record is filed.