BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1890| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 CONTINUED AB 1890 Page 2 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, AB 1890 Page 3 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 **** END ****