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                                    CONSENT


          Bill No:  AB 1890
          Author:   Assembly Higher Education Committee
          Amended:  6/22/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  6-0, 6/16/10
          AYES:  Romero, Huff, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu, Price
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Alquist, Simitian, Wyland
           
          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  74-0, 4/29/10 (Consent) - See last page  
            for vote


           SUBJECT  :    University of California/California State  
          University:  
                      unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property

           SOURCE  :     California State University


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires a period of three months that  
          unclaimed, lost, or abandoned property must be held, as  
          well as establishing a value threshold of at least $300,  
          before that property can be placed for sale at public  
          auction - these requirements would be applicable to the  
          California State University and the University of  
          California.

           ANALYSIS  :    Under current law, when an item is turned into  
          a University of California (UC) or California State  
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          University (CSU) campus, the campus is required to hold  
          this item for a defined period (three months for UC, six  
          months for CSU).  After this period of time, UC and CSU are  
          required to sell the collected lost and abandoned property  
          at a public auction.

          This bill requires a period of three months that unclaimed,  
          lost, or abandoned property must be held, as well as  
          establishing a value threshold of at least $300, before  
          that property can be placed for sale at public auction -  
          these requirements would be applicable to the CSU and UC.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/2/10)

          California State University (source)
          University of California


           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT  :    The CSU Chancellor's Office, the  
          bill's sponsor, argues that the changes to the management  
          of lost and abandoned property proposed by this bill allows  
          campuses to streamline their process and use staff more  
          appropriately.  The CSU Chancellor's Office reports that  
          larger campuses maintain two full-time employees to manage  
          the lost property inventory, which often includes items  
          such as books, sunglasses, and articles of clothing, in  
          addition to more valuable, tangible items like bicycles and  
          computers.  


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,  
            Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Carter,  
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,  
            DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,  
            Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,  
            Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,  
            Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Ma,  
            Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin,  







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            Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Tran, Villines,  
            Yamada, John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bass, Caballero, Jones, Bonnie  
            Lowenthal, Torrico, Vacancy


          PQ:mw  8/3/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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