HD61 - Report of the Virginia Commissioners to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
Executive Summary: HISTORY OF THE CONFERENCE In 1889, the New York Bar Association appointed a special committee on uniformity of laws. The following year the New York legislature authorized the appointment of commissioners "... to examine certain subjects of national importance that seem to show conflict among the laws of the several commonwealths, to ascertain the best means to effect an assimilation or uniformity of the laws of the states, and especially whether it would be advisable for the State of New York to invite the other states of the Union to send representatives to a convention to draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the several states." In the same year, the American Bar Association passed a resolution recommending that each state provide for commissioners to confer with the commissioners of other states regarding legislation on certain issues. In August of 1892, the first National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (ULC) convened in Saratoga, New York. By 1912, every state was participating in the Conference. Since then, the Conference has steadily increased its contribution to state law and has attracted some of the most outstanding members of the legal profession. Prior to his more notable political prominence and service as president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson became a member in 1901. Supreme Court Justices Brandeis and Rutledge, current Chief Justice Rehnquist, and such legal scholars as Professors Wigmore, Williston, Pound and Bogart have all served as members of the Conference. This distinguished body has guaranteed that the products of the Uniform Law Conference are of the highest quality and are enormously influential upon the process of the law. REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2000 ANNUAL CONFERENCE The 2000 annual meeting was held July 23 to July 30, in St. Augustine, Florida. Commissioners Ring, Sargent, Foran, Taylor, Miller and French attended. The following six uniform acts were approved at the annual meeting: The Uniform Arbitration Act, the Uniform Athlete Agents Act, the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic-Violence Protection Orders Act, the Uniform Money Services Act, the Uniform Parentage Act, and the Uniform Trust Code. Revisions to the Uniform Commercial Code were debated, but not completed. UCC Article 2, Sales, and UCC Article 2A, Leases, were both scheduled for final approval, but it was decided that these acts require more consideration before they are completed. In addition to the acts discussed in this paragraph, the following uniform acts were considered by the Conference at its annual meeting: • Revision of Uniform Arbitration Act • Uniform Athlete Agents Act • Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Orders Act • Uniform Money Services Business Act • Revision of Uniform Parentage Act • Uniform Trust Code |
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