(1) As used in Sections 48-2e-1141 through 48-2e-1146, the term "subject entity" includes a corporation, a business trust or association, a real estate investment trust, a common-law trust, or any other unincorporated business, including a limited liability company, a general partnership, a registered limited liability partnership, or a foreign limited partnership.
(2) A subject entity may convert to a domestic limited partnership by complying with Sections 48-2e-1141 through 48-2e-1146.
(3) By complying with Sections 48-2e-1141 through 48-2e-1146 a domestic limited partnership may become:
(a) a domestic entity that is a different type of entity; or
(b) a foreign entity that is a different type of entity, if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(4) By complying with the provisions of Sections 48-2e-1141 through 48-2e-1146 applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity that is not a foreign limited partnership may become a domestic limited partnership if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of formation.
(5) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic limited partnership but does not refer to a conversion, the provision applies to a conversion of the entity as if the conversion were a merger until the provision is amended after January 1, 2014.