(b) A limited partner does not participate in the control of the business within the meaning of subdivision (a) of this section by virtue of doing one or more of the following:

1. (1) being a contractor for or transacting business with, including being a contractor for, or an agent or employee of the limited partnership or of a general partner or an officer, director or shareholder of a corporate general partner, or a member, manager or agent of a limited liability company that is a general partner of the limited partnership, or a partner of a partnership that is a general partner of the limited partnership, or a trustee, administrator, executor, custodian or other fiduciary or beneficiary of an estate or trust which is a general partner, or a trustee, officer, advisor, shareholder or beneficiary of a business trust which is a general partner, or acting in such capacity;
2. (2) consulting with and advising or rendering professional services to a general partner with respect to any matter, including the business of the limited partnership;
3. (3) acting as surety or endorser for the limited partnership, or guaranteeing or providing security for or lending money to or assuming one or more debts of the limited partnership;
4. (4) approving or disapproving an amendment to the partnership agreement, or calling, requesting, or participating in any meeting of general and limited partners or limited partners;
5. (5) taking any action to bring, prosecute, or terminate any derivative action brought in the right of the limited partnership;

6. (6) proposing, approving, disapproving, or voting on any one or more of the following matters:

   1. (A) the amendment of the partnership agreement or certificate of limited partnership;
   2. (B) the dissolution and winding up of the limited partnership;
   3. (C) the sale, exchange, lease, mortgage, assignment, pledge, or other transfer of, or granting of a security interest in, any asset or assets of the limited partnership;
   4. (D) the merger or consolidation of the limited partnership or election to continue the business of the limited partnership;
   5. (E) the incurrence, renewal, refinancing or payment or other discharge of indebtedness by the limited partnership;
   6. (F) a change in the nature of the business;
   7. (G) the admission or removal of a partner;
   8. (H) a transaction or other matter involving an actual or potential conflict of interest;
   9. (I) in respect of a limited partnership which is registered as an investment company under an act of Congress entitled Investment Company Act of 1940, any matter required by said Investment Company Act of 1940, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, to be approved by holders of beneficial interests in an investment company;
   10. (J) such other matters as are required for submission to limited partners by federal or state securities laws or rules or regulations thereunder, or rules of self-regulatory bodies governing the trading of limited partnership interests;
   11. (K) the indemnification of any partner or other person; or
   12. (L) such other matters as are stated in the partnership agreement to be subject to approval, disapproval or vote by the limited partners;
7. (7) consulting with or advising, or being an officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, manager, agent or employee of, or being a fiduciary for, any person in which the limited partnership has an interest;
8. (8) winding up the limited partnership pursuant to section 121-803 of this article; or
9. (9) exercising any right or power permitted to limited partners under this article and not specifically enumerated in this subdivision.