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D R A F T

 

FOR APPROVAL

 

 

 

REVISED UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED
NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS ACT

                                     

 

 

 


NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS

 

ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

 

 

 

 

 


MEETING IN ITS ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTEENTH YEAR

BIG SKY, MONTANA

JULY 18 - JULY 25, 2008

 

 

REVISED UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED
NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS ACT

 

 

WITH PREFATORY NOTE AND PRELIMINARY COMMENTS

 

Copyright ©2008

By

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS

ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS

 

 

 

 


The ideas and conclusions set forth in this draft, including the proposed statutory language and any comments or reporter’s notes, have not been passed upon by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws or the Drafting Committee.  They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Conference and its Commissioners and the Drafting Committee and its Members and Reporter.  Proposed statutory language may not be used to ascertain the intent or meaning of any promulgated final statutory proposal.


REVISED UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED NONPROFIT ASSOCIATIONS ACT

The Committee appointed by and representing the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in revising this act consists of the following individuals:

Marilyn E. Phelan, Texas Tech University, School of Law, 1802 Hartford, Lubbock, TX 79409, Chair

DALE G. HIGER, 1302 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, ID 83712

David C. McBride, 1000 West St., P.O. Box 391, Wilmington, DE 19899

Robert L. McCurley, Jr., Alabama Law Institute, P.O. Box 861425, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486

Justin L. Vigdor, 2400 Chase Square, Rochester, NY 14604

Harry J. Haynsworth, IV, 2200 IDS Center, 80 S. 8th St., Minneapolis, MN 55402, National Conference Reporter

 

Canadian Members

Arthur L. Close, 234 4th Ave., New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada V3L 1N7

Michelle Cumyn, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, local 1109, Universite Laval, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4

Jake Harms, Manitoba Justice, 410-405 Broadway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 3L6

Thomas Telfer, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7

Kevin Zakreski, University of British Columbia, 1822 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1

 

Mexican Members

Edgar Elias Azar, Rio de la Plata No. 48, Piso 8, Col. Cuauhtemoc, Mexico 06600

Claudia E. de Buen Unna, Mariano Escobedo 353-A Desp. 1402, Polanco, Mexico 11560

Elias Mansur, Socrates 207, Polanco 11560, Mexico City, Mexico

Jorge Sanchez Cordero, Arquimedes 36, Polanco 11560, Mexico City, Mexico 11560

 

EX OFFICIO

MARTHA LEE WALTERS, Oregon Supreme Court, 1163 State St., Salem, OR 97301-2563, President

JAMES A. WYNN, JR., NC Court of Appeals, One West Morgan St., P.O. Box 888, Raleigh, NC 27602, Division Chair

 

AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADVISORS

LISA A. RUNQUIST, 17554 Community St., Northridge, CA 91325-3922, ABA Advisor

LEON E. IRISH, 304 Kyle Road, Crownsville, MD 21032, ABA International Law Section

            Advisor

KARLA W. SIMON, 620 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20064-0001, ABA International Law Section Advisor

JOHN H. SMALL, 1310 King St., Wilmington, DE 19801, ABA Business Law Section Advisor

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JOHN A. SEBERT, 111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602, Executive Director

 

 

 

 

Copies of this Act may be obtained from:


NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS
ON UNIFORM STATE
LAWS
111 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 1010

Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 450-6600

www.nccusl.org


REVISED uniform unincorporated nonprofit association act

 

Table of Contents

 

PREFATORY NOTE. 1

SECTION 1.  SHORT TITLE. 3

SECTION 2.  DEFINITIONS. 3

SECTION 3.  RELATION TO OTHER LAW. 7

SECTION 4.  GOVERNING LAW. 8

SECTION 5.  LEGAL ENTITY; PERPETUAL EXISTENCE; POWERS. 10

SECTION 6.  OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY. 11

SECTION 7.  STATEMENT OF AUTHORITY AS TO REAL PROPERTY. 12

SECTION 8.  LIABILITY. 15

SECTION 9.  ASSERTION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIMS. 17

SECTION 10.  EFFECT OF JUDGMENT OR ORDER. 18

SECTION 11.  APPOINTMENT OF AGENT TO RECEIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS. 19

[SECTION 12.  SERVICE OF PROCESS. 20

SECTION 13.  ACTION OR PROCEEDING NOT ABATED BY CHANGE. 20

[SECTION 14.  VENUE. 21

SECTION 15.  MEMBER NOT AN AGENT. 21

SECTION 16.  APPROVAL BY MEMBERS. 22

SECTION 17.  MEMBER MEETING, VOTING, NOTICE, AND QUORUM REQUIREMENTS. 23

SECTION 18.  DUTIES OF MEMBER. 24

SECTION 19.  ADMISSION, SUSPENSION, DISMISSAL, OR EXPULSION OF MEMBERS. 25

SECTION 20.  MEMBER’S RESIGNATION. 25

SECTION 21.  MEMBERSHIP INTEREST NOT TRANSFERABLE. 26

SECTION 22.  SELECTION OF MANAGERS; MANAGEMENT RIGHTS OF MANAGERS. 26

SECTION 23.  DUTIES OF MANAGERS. 27

SECTION 24.  NOTICE AND QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGER MEETING.. 29

SECTION 25.  RIGHT OF A MEMBER OR MANAGER TO INFORMATION. 30

SECTION 26.  DISTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED; COMPENSATION AND OTHER PERMITTED PAYMENTS. 31

SECTION 27.  INDEMNIFICATION; ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. 32

SECTION 28.  DISSOLUTION. 33

SECTION 29.  WINDING UP AND TERMINATION. 34

SECTION 30.  MERGERS.