Sec. 1. (a) Unless otherwise provided in a written operating agreement, a limited liability company existing under this article on or before June 30, 1999, is governed by this section.

     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), each member is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of the limited liability company’s business or affairs, and the act of any member, including the execution in the name of the limited liability company of an instrument for apparently carrying on in the usual way the business or affairs of the limited liability company, binds the limited liability company, unless:

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(1) the acting member does not have authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter; and

(2) the person with whom the member is dealing has knowledge of the fact that the member does not have the authority to act.

     (c) If the articles of organization provide for a manager or managers, and except to the extent provided in the articles of organization:

(1) a member acting solely in the capacity as a member is not an agent of the limited liability company; and

(2) each manager is an agent of the limited liability company for the purpose of its business or affairs, and the act of any manager, including the execution in the name of the limited liability company of any instrument, for apparently carrying on in the usual way the business or affairs of the limited liability company binds the limited liability company, unless the manager so acting does not have authority to act for the limited liability company in the particular matter, and the person with whom the manager is dealing has knowledge of the fact that the manager does not have the authority to act.

     (d) An act of a manager or a member that is not apparently for the carrying on in the usual way the business of the limited liability company does not bind the limited liability company unless authorized in accordance with a written operating agreement or by the unanimous consent of all members at any time.

As added by P.L.8-1993, SEC.301. Amended by P.L.269-1999, SEC.1.