BILL NUMBER: AB 1890	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1890, as introduced, 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 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 also decrease the minimum holding period
to 3 months for property held by the state university. The bill would
make related technical, nonsubstantive changes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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