Oklahoma Code § 18-2017

Title 18. Corporations: Member or manager - Limitation or elimination of
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liability - Indemnification - Creation of series or groups.
MEMBER OR MANAGER – LIMITATION OR ELIMINATION
OF LIABILITY – INDEMNIFICATION –
CREATION OF SERIES OR GROUPS
A.  Subject to subsection B of this section, the articles of
organization or operating agreement may:
1.  Eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or
manager for monetary damages for breach of any duty provided for in
Section 2016 of this title; and
2.  Provide for indemnification of a member or manager for
judgments, settlements, penalties, fines or expenses incurred in any
proceeding because the person is or was a member or manager.
B.  No provision permitted under subsection A of this section
shall limit or eliminate the liability of a manager for:
1.  Any breach of the manager’s duty of loyalty to the limited
liability company or its members;
2.  Acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or
3.  Any transaction from which the manager derived an improper
personal benefit.

C.  The articles of organization or operating agreement may
define the scope of any duties owned by the members or managers to
the limited liability company, if not manifestly unreasonable.  A
definition shall not eliminate the duty of loyalty or the obligation
of good faith and fair dealing.
D.  An operating agreement may provide for classes or groups of
members or managers or both having such relative rights, powers and
duties as the operating agreement may provide, and may provide for
the creation in the manner provided in the operating agreement of
additional classes or groups of members or managers or both having
such relative rights, powers and duties as may from time to time be
established, including rights, powers and duties senior to existing
classes and groups of members or managers.  An operating agreement
may provide for the taking of an action, including the amendment of
the operating agreement, without the vote or approval of any member
or manager or class or group of members or managers, including an
action to create under the operating agreement a class or group of
membership interests that was not previously outstanding.  An
operating agreement may provide that any member or class or group of
members shall have no voting rights.

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