Section 2 of Chapter 156C of the General Laws is amended as follows:

(9)  “Operating agreement” means any form of description of membership rights and obligations stored or depicted in any tangible or electronic medium, which is agreed to by the members, including amendments to the agreement.

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(12)  “Signed” includes any symbol or electronic schema that may be prescribed by the secretary of state that is executed or adopted by a person with the present intention to authenticate a record.

(13)  “Document” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.    

(14)  “Writing” means written communications, including letters, faxes, e-mails, or other electronic formats that may be prescribed by the secretary of state.

(15)  “Meeting” means any structured communications conducted by participants in person or through the use of electronic or telecommunications medium permitting simultaneous or sequentially structured communications for the purpose of reaching a collective agreement.