(1) Savings and loan associations have the following powers:

(a) To have succession of its corporate name;

(b) As to all associations incorporated prior to June 8, 1933, to have existence for the period named in their articles of incorporation and, on the termination of such period, perpetually if so provided in the extension;

(c) As to all associations incorporated under articles 40 to 46 of this title, to have existence perpetually;

(d) To sue and be sued in any court of law or equity;

(e) To have a corporate seal and to alter the same and use the same by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise;

(f) To appoint such officers and agents as the business of the association shall require and allow them reasonable compensation;

(g) To make bylaws, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States or of this state or the provisions of articles 40 to 46 of this title, and alter the same at pleasure, and make all needed rules and regulations for the transaction of its business and the control of its property and affairs, if a certified copy of same has been filed with the commissioner. The bylaws of an association may be amended either by the stockholders or shareholders at their annual meeting or by the board of directors of an association at any regular meeting of the board of directors; but no change in the bylaws shall take effect until approved by the commissioner.

(h) To acquire, hold, mortgage, and convey all such real estate and personal property as may be transferred to it in the operation of its business;

(i) To levy, assess, and collect from its shareholders such sums of money by way of installment dues and interest on loans as the association may provide in its bylaws;

(j) To issue and sell shares as provided in sections 11-42-101 to 11-42-106 or, in the case of deposit associations operated under the provisions of section 11-42-125, to accept savings deposits as provided by such section;

(k) To redeem its shares and repay the funds acquired thereby with such earnings as the same may be entitled according to the terms of the issue thereof if the same are no longer required for the purposes of the association;

(l) To act as a trustee, custodian, or manager or in any other fiduciary capacity to the same extent authorized and permitted from time to time by the laws and regulations applicable to federal savings and loan associations in Colorado, and upon specific approval by the commissioner, by permission granted such federal associations by the federal office of thrift supervision or its successor, including specifically, but without limitation, the power to act as the trustee, custodian, or manager of any trust created or organized in the United States and forming a part of a stock bonus, pension, profit-sharing, or retirement plan that is qualified for specific tax treatment under the provisions of the federal "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962", as from time to time amended or supplemented, or under the provisions of any other act of congress enacted after June 2, 1971, as a substitute or replacement for the federal "Self-Employed Individuals Tax Retirement Act of 1962" or under the provisions of the federal "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974", 29 U.S.C. sec. 1001 et seq., as from time to time amended or supplemented. The association managing funds of any such plan, trust, or fund shall have, to the extent applicable to federal savings and loan associationsin Colorado, all of the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities and shall be subject to the same obligations and duties as an individual fiduciary under like circumstances with power to make investments. All funds held in such fiduciary capacity by any association may be commingled for appropriate purposes of investment, but individual records shall be kept by the fiduciary for each participant and shall show in proper detail all transactions engaged in under the authority of this paragraph (l). An association acting as a trustee may control accounts in or securities of such association pursuant to the exercise of its authority as a trustee. The exercise by an association of any authority vested in it shall not affect any other authority of such association.

(m) To, subject to the regulations of the United States treasury department and the federal office of thrift supervision or its successor, establish a tax and loan account and serve as a depository for federal taxes or as a treasury tax and loan depository, and to satisfy any requirement in connection therewith;

(n) To provide in its articles of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the personal liability of a director to the corporation or to its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director; except that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the corporation or to its shareholders for monetary damages for: Any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the corporation or to its shareholders for monetary damages for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective.

(o) Pursuant to federal law or under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the financial services board and subject to regulations promulgated by the commissioner of insurance concerning the sale of insurance by savings and loan associations as provided in section 10-2-601, C.R.S., to act as the agent, through the savings and loan association or any service corporation thereof, for any fire, life, or other insurance company authorized to do business in this state by soliciting and selling insurance and collecting premiums on policies issued by such company. For services so rendered, such savings and loan association or service corporation of such savings and loan association may receive such fees or commissions as may be agreed upon between such entity and the insurance company for which it may act as agent.