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. In a statutory form power of attorney, the language granting
power with respect to business operating transactions empowers the
agent to do all of the following:
(a) Operate, buy, sell, enlarge, reduce, and terminate a business
interest.
(b) To the extent that an agent is permitted by law to act for a
principal and subject to the terms of the partnership agreement:
(1) Perform a duty or discharge a liability and exercise a right,
power, privilege, or option that the principal has, may have, or
claims to have, under a partnership agreement, whether or not the
principal is a partner.
(2) Enforce the terms of a partnership agreement by litigation or
otherwise.
(3) Defend, submit to arbitration, settle, or compromise
litigation to which the principal is a party because of membership in
the partnership.
(c) Exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or
otherwise, a right, power, privilege, or option the principal has or
claims to have as the holder of a bond, share, or other instrument of
similar character, and defend, submit to arbitration, settle, or
compromise litigation to which the principal is a party because of a
bond, share, or similar instrument.
(d) With respect to a business owned solely by the principal:
(1) Continue, modify, renegotiate, extend, and terminate a
contract made with an individual or a legal entity, firm,
association, or corporation by or on behalf of the principal with
respect to the business before execution of the power of attorney.
(2) Determine the policy of the business as to (A) the location of
its operation, (B) the nature and extent of its business, (C) the
methods of manufacturing, selling, merchandising, financing,
accounting, and advertising employed in its operation, (D) the amount
and types of insurance carried, and (E) the mode of engaging,
compensating, and dealing with its accountants, attorneys, and other
agents and employees.
(3) Change the name or form of organization under which the
business is operated and enter into a partnership agreement with
other persons or organize a corporation to take over all or part of
the operation of the business.
(4) Demand and receive money due or claimed by the principal or on
the principal's behalf in the operation of the business, and control
and disburse the money in the operation of the business.
(e) Put additional capital into a business in which the principal
has an interest.
(f) Join in a plan of reorganization, consolidation, or merger of
the business.
(g) Sell or liquidate a business or part of it at the time and
upon the terms the agent considers desirable.
(h) Represent the principal in establishing the value of a
business under a buy-out agreement to which the principal is a party.
(i) Prepare, sign, file, and deliver reports, compilations of
information, returns, or other papers with respect to a business
which are required by a governmental agency or instrumentality or
which the agent considers desirable, and make related payments.
(j) Pay, compromise, or contest taxes or assessments and do any
other act which the agent considers desirable to protect the
principal from illegal or unnecessary taxation, fines, penalties, or
assessments with respect to a business, including attempts to
recover, in any manner permitted by law, money paid before or after
the execution of the power of attorney.