17-7676a. Execution by agent; power of attorney or proxy. (a) Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, any person may enter into an operating agreement or amendment thereof by an agent, including an attorney-in-fact. An authorization, including a power of attorney, to enter into an operating agreement or amendment thereof need not be in writing, need not be sworn to, verified or acknowledged.

(b) For all purposes of the laws of the state of Kansas, unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, a power of attorney or proxy with respect to a limited liability company granted to any person shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power or proxy. Such irrevocable power of attorney or proxy, unless otherwise provided therein or in an operating agreement, shall not be affected by subsequent death, disability, incapacity, dissolution, termination of existence or bankruptcy of, or any other event concerning, the principal. A power of attorney or proxy with respect to matters relating to the organization, internal affairs or termination of a limited liability company or granted by a person as a member or an assignee of a limited liability company interest or by a person seeking to become a member or an assignee of a limited liability company interest and, in either case, granted to the limited liability company, a manager or member thereof, or any of their respective officers, directors, managers, members, partners, trustees, employees or agents shall be deemed coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power or proxy. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to limit the enforceability of a power of attorney or proxy that is part of an operating agreement.

History: L. 2019, ch. 47, § 1; July 1.