68-4-8. Duties of a commissioner.
(1) A commissioner shall: participate in the Uniform Law Commission on behalf of the state, including attending the annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission; examine the subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states of the union is desirable but that are outside the jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States; confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states for the same purpose; at the direction of the Uniform Law Commission, serve on national committees that develop and draft uniform and model laws; and devise and recommend other means to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(2) A commissioner may request that a legislator consider sponsoring, as an interim study item or as a bill or resolution for introduction, any uniform legislation that a commissioner determines would be in the best interests of the state to adopt.