Like the Restatements, the Uniform Laws were created to help create statutory cohesiveness between the states. The American Bar Association passed a resolution recommending that each state and the District of Columbia adopt a law providing for the appointment of commissioners to confer with commissioners of other states on the subject of uniformity in legislation on specific subjects. In 1892, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) was organized, and by 1912, each state had passed such a law. According to the NCCUSL constitution, its object is to "promote uniformity in state law on all subjects where uniformity is desirable and practical."
An act is designated as uniform when it has a reasonable possibility of ultimate enactment in many jurisdictions. The Conference meets once a year and considers drafts of proposed uniform laws. When such a law is approved, the commissioners must try and persuade their state legislatures to adopt it. Adoption by the Conference has no legal effect.
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The Uniform Law Commission (ULC, also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws), established in 1892, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.
ULC members must be lawyers, qualified to practice law. They are practicing lawyers, judges, legislators and legislative staff and law professors, who have been appointed by state governments as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to research, draft and promote enactment of uniform state laws in areas of state law where uniformity is desirable and practical.
ULC is a state-supported organization that represents true value for the states, providing services that most states could not otherwise afford or duplicate. --From the ULC Website.
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