uniform law commissioners for specified terms without compensation.
Romanello--were joined by more than 200 lawyers, judges, law professors, legislators, and government attorneys appointed in their respective jurisdictions to serve as
uniform law commissioners.
(11) A summary of the UMPA can be found on the website of the
Uniform Law Commissioners, at www.nccusl.org/Update/uniformact_sum maries/uniformacts-s-umpa.asp.
The
uniform law commissioners adopted it last summer.
Presently, each state operates under a different advance directive regulation, which often results in conflicts between statutes in different states (
Uniform Law Commissioners, 1994).
Perlman, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law and chair of the
Uniform Law Commissioners (ULC) committee that drafted the act.
The
Uniform Law Commissioners at their National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State laws in August 1994 passed a Uniform Liability Act to assimilate the best qualities of state legislation, modern law practice, and most recent developments in tax rulings in an effort to provide a measure of uniformity.
It then in effect explored the dangling phrase, "or under that [act]." As the
Uniform Law Commissioners explain in their prefatory note, this language was included "to cover the rare case in which there may be uncertainty as to the mother." [3] In such cases, Civil Code Section 7015 provides that the procedures used to determine paternity will apply.
As was discussed, all but two states have adopted LLC statutes, and a Uniform Limited Liability Company Act (Act) was approved by the
Uniform Law Commissioners in August 1994.
The
uniform law commissioners are walking directly into the maelstrom.
If the ABA approves, the
Uniform Law Commissioners will present the bill for passage by state legislatures.
It is also too early to predict how the more than 200 delegates to the national convention of
Uniform Law Commissioners will react to the committee's draft.