Exhibit 3.50
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
OF
PSC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability
Company
This Limited Liability Company
Agreement of PSC Development Company LLC (this
“Agreement” ) is entered into by Physicians
Surgical Care, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Member”), as of January 1, 2000. In
consideration of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained
herein, the Member, who upon the date hereof is the sole member of
the Company, hereby determines as follows:
1.
Formation.
PSC Development Company LLC (the
“Company” ) is a limited liability company
organized under the provisions of the Delaware Limited Liability
Company Act, as amended from time to time (the
“Act” ) . The Certificate of Formation
(the “Certificate”) was filed on
December 29, 1999 with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
2.
Name.
The name of the Company is, and the
business of the Company shall be conducted under the name of,
“PSC Development Company LLC.”
3.
Term.
The Company commenced its existence
on the effective date of the filing of the Certificate and shall
continue in existence until it is dissolved and terminated by the
affirmative action of the Member.
4.
Office.
The registered office of the Company
required by the Act to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall
be the office of the initial registered agent named in the
Certificate, or such other place as the Member may designate in the
manner provided by law. The registered agent for service of process
at such address shall be the initial registered agent named in the
Certificate, or such other person as the Member may designate in
the manner provided by law.
5.
Purpose.
The Company is formed for the object
and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and
promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity
for which a limited liability company may be formed under the Act
and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to
the foregoing.
6.
Member.
The name and business or mailing
address of the Member is:
Physicians Surgical
Care, Inc.
5847 San Felipe,
Suite 2375
Houston, Texas 77057
Attention: Walter E. Schwing Chief
Executive Officer)
7.
Management.
The Management of the Company is
fully reserved to the Member, and the Company shall not have
“managers,” as that term is used in the Act. The powers
of the Company shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and
the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the
direction of, the Member, who shall make all decisions and take all
actions for the Company.
8.
Officers; Day-to-Day
Management.
(a)
The Member may appoint agents of the
Company, which agents shall be referred to as
“Officers” of the Company, having the titles,
power, authority and duties described in this Paragraph 8 or
as otherwise granted by the Member. Subject to the foregoing, the
Officers shall have the full authority to and shall manage, control
and oversee the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company and
shall perform all other acts as are customary or incident to the
management of such business and affairs, which will include the
general and administrative affairs of the Company and the operation
and maintenance of the Company Assets in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
(b)
The Officers may include a CEO,
President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer,
and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and
any other officer position or title as the Member may desire. Any
person may hold two or more offices.
(c)
The Officers may be appointed by the
Member at such times and for such terms as the Member shall
determine. Any Officer may be removed, with or without cause, only
by the Member. Vacancies in any office may be filled only by the
Member.
(d)
In accordance with and subject to
the limitations imposed by this Agreement or any direction of the
Member, the President, as such, shall (i) supervise generally
the other Officers, (ii) be responsible for the management and
day-to-day business and affairs of the Company, its other Officers,
employees and agents and shall supervise generally the affairs of
the Company and (iii) have full authority to execute all
documents and take all actions that the Company may legally
take.
(e)
In the absence of the President,
each Vice President appointed by the Member shall have all of the
powers and duties conferred upon the President, including the same
power as the President to execute documents on behalf of the
Company. Each such Vice President shall perform such other duties
and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be
assigned to him by the Member or the President. Vice Presidents may
be designated Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, or
any other title determined by the Member.
(f)
The Secretary shall record or cause
to be recorded in books provided for that purpose the minutes of
meetings or actions of the Member, shall see that all notices are
given in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and as
required by law, shall be custodian of all records (other than
financial), shall see that the books, reports, statements,
certificates and all other documents and records required by
Applicable Law are properly kept and filed, and, in general, shall
perform all
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duties incident to the office of
Secretary and such other duties as may, from time to time, be
assigned to him by this Agreement, the Member or the President. The
Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the Secretary
during that Officer’s absence or inability or refusal to
act.
(g)
The Treasurer shall keep or cause to
be kept the books of account of the Company and shall render
statements of the financial affairs of the Company in such form and
as often as required by this Agreement, the Member or the
President. The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Member, shall
have the custody of all funds and securities of the Company. The
Treasurer shall perform all other duties commonly incident to his
office and shall perform such other duties and have such other
powers as this Agreement, the Member or the President shall
designate from time to time. The Assistant Treasurers shall
exercise the power of the Treasurer during that Officer’s
absence or inability or refusal to act. Each of the Assistant
Treasurers shall possess the same power as the Treasurer to sign
all certificates, contracts, obligations and other instruments of
the Company. If no Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer is appointed
and serving in the absence of the appointed Treasurer and Assistant
Treasurer, such other Officer as the Member shall select shall have
the powers and duties conferred upon the Treasurer.
(h)
The Company may grant powers of
attorney or other authority as appropriate to establish and
evidence the authority of the Officers and other
persons.
(i)
Unless otherwise provided by
resolution of the Member, no Officer shall have the power or
authority to delegate to any person such Officer’s powers as
an Officer to manage the business and affairs of the
Company.
9.
Dissolution.
The Company shall dissolve and its
affairs shall be wound up at such time, if any, as the Member may
elect. No other event (including, without limitation, an event
described in Section 18-801(a)(4) of the Act) will cause
the Company to dissolve.
10.
Capital
Contribution. The
Member has contributed to the Company the assets described on
Exhibit A attached hereto.
11.
Additional
Contributions. The
Member is not required to but may make additional capital
contributions to the Company.
12.
Allocation of Profits and
Losses. The
Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated one hundred
percent (100%) to the Member.
13.
Distributions.
Distributions shall be made one
hundred percent (100%) to the Member at the times and in the
aggregate amounts determined by the Member.
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14.
Governing Law.
This Agreement is governed by and
shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware. In the event of
a direct conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and any
mandatory, non-waivable provision of the Act, such provision of the
Act shall control. If any provision of the Act provides that it may
be varied or superseded in a limited liability company agreement
(or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited
liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and
waived in its entirety if this Agreement contains a provision
addressing the same issue or subject matter.
15.
Indemnification.
(a)
To the fullest extent permitted by
Law but subject to the limitations expressly provided in this
Agreement, each Person who serves in any capacity described below
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint or
several), expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses),
judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements and other
amounts arising from any and all Claims, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, in which any such Person may be
involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise,
by reason of such Person’s status as (i) a present or
former member of the Company, (ii) a present or former officer
of the Company, (iii) a present or former employee, agent or
trustee of the Company (such Persons to be indemnified and held
harmless, and to be Indemnitees for purposes of this Agreement,
only upon approval by the Member), or (iv) a Person serving at
the request of the Company in another entity in a similar capacity
as that referred to in the immediately preceding clauses
(i) or (ii), provided, that in each case the Person
described in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) (the “Indemnitee”) acted
in good faith and in a manner which such Indemnitee believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company and, with
respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe such Indemnitee’s conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its
equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee
acted in a manner contrary to that specified above. Any
indemnification pursuant to this Paragraph 15 shall be made
only out of the Company Assets.
(b)
To the fullest extent permitted by
Law, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses)
incurred by an Indemnitee who is indemnified pursuant to
Paragraph 15 (a) in defending any Claim shall, from
time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final
disposition of such Claim upon receipt by the Company of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount
if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified as authorized in this Paragraph 15 .
(c)
The indemnification provided by this
Paragraph 15 shall be in addition to any other rights to
which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a
matter of Law or otherwise,
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both as to actions in the
Indemnitee’s capacity as (i) a present or former member,
(ii) a present or former officer, employee, agent or trustee
of the Company, or (iii) a Person serving at the request of
the Company in another entity in a similar capacity, and as to
actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to an
Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure
to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators
of the Indemnitee.
(d)
The Company may purchase and
maintain insurance, on behalf of its officers and directors and
such other Persons as the Member shall determine, against any
liability that may be asserted against or expense that may be
incurred by such Person in connection with the Company’s
activities, regardless of whether the Company would have the power
to indemnify such Person against such liability under the
provisions of this Agreement.
(e)
For purposes of this Paragraph
15, the Company shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee
to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the
performance by the Indemnitee of such Indemnitee’s duties to
the Company also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services
by, the Indemnitee to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of
the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an
employee benefit plan pursuant to Applicable Law shall constitute
“fines” within the meaning of Paragraph 15(a) ;
and action taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an
employee benefit plan in the performance of such Indemnitee’s
duties for a purpose reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be
in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan
shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the Company.
(f)
In no event may an Indemnitee
subject the Members to personal liability by reason of the
indemnificati