STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1397_______

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 949
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No.
949, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIFORM UNINCORPORATED
     NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enact the Uniform
Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act.

     In particular, this bill establishes a system under which an
unincorporated nonprofit association is created as a legal entity
for purposes of transferring real and personal property, tort and
contractual liability purposes, and legal standing.

     Your Committees received testimony in favor of this measure
from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the
State Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation.

     Your Committees agree with the intent of this bill, which
has already been enacted in nine other states, and find that it
will help to protect various unincorporated organizations, such
as children's little league baseball clubs, parent-teacher
associations, and neighborhood community groups, by shielding
members from contractual or tort liability and by giving the

 
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association legal status to receive and convey contributions of
property.

     Your Committees further find that this measure is very
similar to H.B. No. 1270, H.D. 1, which was heard earlier this
session by your Committees.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committees
are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 949, S.D.
1, H.D. 1, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on
Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce and
                                   Judiciary and Hawaiian
                                   Affairs,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair              RON MENOR, Chair

 
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