A. With respect to an action required or permitted to be taken under this article, and with respect to any administrative or judicial appeal of such action pursuant to Chapter 18 (§ 58.1-1800 et seq.), the state partnership representative, as identified pursuant to the provisions of subsection B, shall have the sole authority to act on behalf of a partnership. The actions of the state partnership representative shall be binding on the direct partners and indirect partners of the partnership.
B. The state partnership representative for a reviewed year is the partnership’s federal partnership representative unless the partnership designates in writing another person as its state partnership representative.
C. The Department shall establish reasonable qualifications and procedures for designating a person, other than a federal partnership representative, to be the state partnership representative.