The Model Nonprofit Corporation Act (MNCA) is model legislation prepared by the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association

American Bar Association

The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...

  . The MNCA is a model set of statutes governing nonprofit corporations proposed for adoption by state legislatures.

Many of the default procedures of the MNCA are different from standard parliamentary procedure

Parliamentary procedure

Parliamentary procedure is the body of rules, ethics, and customs governing meetings and other operations of clubs, organizations, legislative bodies, and other deliberative assemblies...

, though they may be superseded by a provision either in the articles of incorporation or in the bylaws of the corporation.

External links

• Model Nonprofit Corporation Act (proposed revision), Third Edition, Adopted August 2008, from the American Bar Association
  American Bar Association
  The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...