# Uniform Law Commission An association of state-appointed commissioners, founded in 1892 and also known as the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which drafts statutes intended for adoption in identical form across the states. It has produced more than 450 uniform acts, the best known being the Uniform Commercial Code, drafted jointly with the American Law Institute. Its roughly 350 commissioners must all be attorneys and serve unpaid; the major part of its funding comes from state and territorial appropriations. A draft must be considered section by section at no fewer than two annual meetings. Each of 53 state and territorial delegations casts a single vote, and approval requires at least twenty jurisdictions plus a majority of those present. The Commission describes its own limits plainly: no uniform law is effective until a state legislature adopts it. Legislatures are urged to enact uniform acts exactly as drafted and frequently make substantial variations instead. The Commission rarely drafts regulatory law, concentrating on commercial, family, probate and real property subjects. ## See also - [[How a State Legislature Makes Law]] - [[Model Legislation]]