STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1785

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 949
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, 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,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enact the Uniform
Unincorporated Nonprofit Association Act, which provides that
when two or more members get together for nonprofit purposes they
will be treated as a legal entity with:

     (1)  Authority to acquire, hold, and transfer personal and
          real property;

     (2)  Authority to sue and be sued as a separate legal
          entity; and

     (3)  Contract and tort liability separate from its officers
          and members.

     The Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation, the Business
Registration Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer
Affairs, and the Aloha Society of Association Executives
testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
949, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 949,
S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair