Omnibus Business Organizations Study Committee

OMNI Hotel - Austin

700 San Jacinto Street

January 21-22, 2006

 

Saturday, January 21

8:30  a.m.         Preliminary remarks
Harriet Lansing, co-chair (NCCUSL)
Bill Clark, co-chair (ABA)

8:45                 Background on national and international context
Harry Haynsworth, co-reporter
Bob Hamilton, co-reporter

9:15                 The Texas Experience with the Texas Business Organizations Code
George W. Coleman
Beth Miller

10:00               The Colorado Experience
Robert R. Keatinge

10:45               The Pennsylvania Experience
Bill Clark

11:30               Current status of entity law drafting projects (attachment A)

12:00-1:30       Lunch Break

1:30-5:30         Discussion on the need for and the feasibility of an omnibus business code and, if the need and feasibility are established, the form that the code should take.

                        Discussion of other approaches to entity rationalization issues.

 

Sunday, January 22

8:30-12:30       Continued discussion of need, feasibility, and form.

                        Consider whether an additional study committee meeting is needed and, if so, when it should be scheduled.

Attachment A

 

 

Status of

Current Entity Law Drafting Projects

 

 

 

Model Business Corporation Act

 

Model Nonprofit Corporation Act

 

Prototype LLC Act

 

Model Entity Transactions Act

 

Model Registered Agents Act and Rationalization of Entity Annual Filing Requirements

 

Uniform Limited Liability Company Act

 

Uniform Statutory Trust Act

 

Status of RUPA enactments

 

Status of ULPA 2001 enactments