Financial Support
The major portion of financial support for the Conference comes from state and territorial government appropriations. Expenses are apportioned among the member jurisdictions by means of an annual assessment based on population.
The Conference's minimal budget is sufficient because most of its legal expertise is donated by the commissioners. The only compensation they receive is the satisfaction derived from solving important legal problems. Commissioners devote thousands of hours—amounting in some cases to millions of dollars worth of time—to the development of uniform and model acts. No jurisdiction could afford the cost of this legal expertise on its own.
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