[§429-7]  Capacity to assert and defend;standing.  (a)  A nonprofit association, in its name, may institute,defend, intervene, or participate in a judicial, administrative, or othergovernmental proceeding or in an arbitration, mediation, or any other form ofalternative dispute resolution.

(b)  A nonprofit association may assert a claimin its name on behalf of its members if one or more members of the nonprofitassociation have standing to assert a claim in their own right, the intereststhe nonprofit association seeks to protect are germane to its purposes, andneither the claim asserted nor the relief requested requires the participationof a member. [L 1999, c 161, pt of §1]