Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is scheduled to become eff
ective on July 1, 2001. The statute has already been enacted by over half o
f the states, as well as the District of Columbia, and has been or is expec
ted to be introduced for enactment in the balance of the states in early 20
01. This is the second segment of a two-part paper discussing the transitio
n rules of Revised Article 9. The first segment appeared in the May 2000 is
sue of The Business Lawyer.