BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  199
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 27, 2010
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 27, 2010
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 9, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Higher Education (Portantino (Chair),
Block, Cook, Fong, Galgiani, Huber, Ma, and Ruskin)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 2080.8 of, and to repeal Section 2080.9
of, the Civil Code, relating to property.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, Committee on Higher Education. Property: lost and
unclaimed.
   Existing law authorizes the Regents of the University of
California to provide by resolution or regulation for the care,
restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed property in the
possession of the regents or of the University of California Police
Department. Existing law also authorizes the Trustees of the
California State University to provide by resolution or regulation
for the care, restitution, sale, or destruction of unclaimed, lost,
or abandoned property in the possession of any state university.
Existing law requires any resolution or regulation adopted by the
trustees pursuant to those provisions to include that property shall
be held for a period of at least 6 months.
   This bill would limit that requirement to property valued at or
above $300. The bill would extend the authorization of the Regents of
the University of California to also provide for the care,
restitution, sale, or destruction of lost or abandoned property, as
specified. The bill would also decrease the minimum holding period to
3 months for property held by the state university. The bill would
make related technical, nonsubstantive changes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2080.8 of the Civil Code is amended to read:
   2080.8.  (a) The Regents of the University of California and the
Trustees of the California State University, as applicable, may
provide by resolution or regulation for the care, restitution, sale,
or destruction of unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property in the
possession of the Regents of the University of California, the
University of California Police Department, or any state university.
   (b) Any resolution or regulation adopted pursuant to this section
shall provide therein (1) that unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property
valued at or above three hundred dollars ($300) shall be held by the
Regents of the University of California, the University of
California Police Department, or the particular state university for
a period of at least three months, (2) that thereafter the property
will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, and (3) that
notice of that sale shall be given by the Regents of the University
of California, the University of California Police Department, or the
Trustees of the California State University at least five days
before the time therefor by publication once in a newspaper of
general circulation published in the county in which the property is
held.
   (c) The Regents of the University of California or the Trustees of
the California State University may dispose of any of that property
upon which no bid is made at any sale.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2080.9 of the Civil Code is repealed.