(805 ILCS 180/37-15)
    Sec. 37-15. Effect of conversion; entity unchanged.
    (a) A partnership or limited partnership that has been converted under this Article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion.
    (b) When a conversion takes effect:
        (1) all property owned by the converting partnership
    
or limited partnership vests in the limited liability company;
        (2) all debts, liabilities, and other obligations of
    
the converting partnership or limited partnership continue as obligations of the limited liability company;
        (3) an action or proceeding pending by or against the
    
converting partnership or limited partnership may be continued as if the conversion had not occurred;
        (4) except as prohibited by other law, all of the
    
rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of the converting partnership or limited partnership vest in the limited liability company; and
        (5) except as otherwise provided in the agreement of
    
conversion under Section 37-10, all of the partners of the converting partnership continue as members of the limited liability company.
(Source: P.A. 90-424, eff. 1-1-98.)