2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 070 - Limited Partnerships
Section 70.135 - Liability of limited partner.

(2) A limited partner does not participate in the control of the business within the meaning of subsection (1) of this section solely by doing one or more of the following:
(a) Being a contractor for or an agent or employee of the limited partnership or of a general partner, or being an officer, director or shareholder of a general partner that is a corporation.
(b) Consulting with and advising a general partner with respect to the business of the limited partnership.
(c) Acting as surety for the limited partnership or guaranteeing or assuming one or more specific obligations of the limited partnership.
(d) Taking any action required or permitted by law to bring or pursue a derivative action in the right of the limited partnership.
(e) Bringing a derivative action in the right of the limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor pursuant to ORS 70.400 to 70.415.
(f) Requesting or attending a meeting of partners.
(g) Proposing, approving or disapproving, by voting or otherwise, one or more of the following matters:
(A) The dissolution and winding up or the continuation of the limited partnership.
(B) The sale, exchange, lease, mortgage, pledge or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the limited partnership.
(C) The incurrence of indebtedness by the limited partnership other than in the ordinary course of its business.
(D) A change in the nature of the business.
(E) The admission or removal of a general partner.
(F) The admission or removal of a limited partner.
(G) A transaction involving an actual or potential conflict of interest between a general partner and the limited partnership or the limited partners.
(H) An amendment to the partnership agreement or certificate of limited partnership.
(I) Matters related to the business of the limited partnership not otherwise listed in this paragraph that the partnership agreement states in writing may be subject to the approval or disapproval of limited partners.
(h) Winding up the limited partnership pursuant to ORS 70.325.
(i) Exercising any right or power permitted to limited partners under ORS 70.005, 70.010, 70.025 to 70.040, 70.050, 70.075, 70.080, 70.090 to 70.100, 70.110, 70.125, 70.135, 70.140, 70.175, 70.180, 70.230 to 70.255, 70.265, 70.275, 70.300, 70.325, 70.355 to 70.375, 70.610 and 70.620 and not specifically listed in this subsection.
(3) The enumeration in subsection (2) of this section does not mean that the possession or exercise of any other powers by a limited partner constitutes participation by the limited partner in the control of the business of the limited partnership.
(4) A limited partner who knowingly permits the limited partner’s name to be used in the name of the limited partnership, except under circumstances permitted by ORS 70.010 (2), is liable to creditors who extend credit to the limited partnership without actual knowledge that the limited partner is not a general partner. [1985 c.677 §20; 1987 c.543 §15]

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